Abstract
Biotechnology is the most prominent and rapidly growing segment of the biological sciences that is making its diversified application in sustainable agriculture. Biofertilizers, biopesticides, bioherbicides, bioinsecticides, and many of the other fungal based and viral based insecticides, obtained using microorganisms, are some of the outcomes of biotechnology playing a key role in sustainable agriculture. Many of other important food products are also obtained by microbial fermentation. Different microbes are added to get the desired effect of food at the specific stages of food production process. Pharmaceutical microbiology includes the manufacturing of different pharmaceutical and medicinal products. This review article has a wide overview of microbes mainly used in agriculture, food industries, and pharmaceutical industries.
Highlights
Biotechnology is making the use of microorganisms including fungi, bacteria, and viruses in fields of agriculture, food, and pharmaceutical products
Microorganisms are used to carry out fermentation processes and for thousands of years man has been using yeasts, molds and bacteria to produce many of food products, that is, bread, vinegar, beer, wine, cheese, and yoghurt, as well as fermented fish, meat, and vegetables by making the use of microorganisms [3]
Today man is making use of naturally occurring microbes to produce the biological products that have ability to recycle the nutrients and are eco-friendly. These biological products are following; Biofertilizers The natural fertilizers of which the main constituents are living microbial inoculants including algae, fungi, bacteria alone, or in combination and have ability to enhance the availability of nutrients in soil for plants [6]
Summary
BIOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF MICROBES IN AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY: A REVIEW. MARIA KALSOOM1, FAZAL UR REHMAN2*, TALHA SHAFIQUE2, SANWAL JUNAID3, NIMRA KHALID4, MUHAMMAD ADNAN5, IRFAN ZAFAR3, MUHAMMAD ABDULLAH TARIQ2, MUHAMMAD ADNAN RAZA6, AMBER ZAHRA6, HUSNAIN ALI5
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