Future Prospects of Microbiology, Numerous Significant, Optimistic Atleast, Disciplines of Science

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Your Ad Here	Future Prospects of Microbiology As discussed in Section 1.2, the microbiology has had numerous significant applications for human welfare. But, what would be the most promising areas for future microbiological research? Microbiology's future appears very optimistic atleast for two reasons: (a) In comparison to other disciplines of science, the mission of microbiology is clearer, (b) Microbiology is confident to its value due to its tremendous practical significance. Following are some areas and ideas that would -jnvite microbiology in future:
(i) Estimates say that less than 1% of the earth's microbial population could have yet been cultured. Development of new isolation techniques may lead to the discovery of new micro-organisms that may open new door in industrial microbiology and environmental control. (ii) We all know that the microorganism are essential partners with higher organisms in symbiotic associationship. More knowledge in the field of this associationship will lead to improvement in the health of plants, livestock, and humans.
(iii) We are facing the development of new infectious diseases (e.g., AIDS) and re-emergence of old diseases (e.g., tuberculosis) now-the-days. Microbiological researchers of future will have to respond to these threats, many of them presently unknown. (iv) Multiple drug resistance in present microbial pathogens has become a serious problem and can render a pathogen impervious to present-day medical treatment. Microbiologists have to discover new drugs and find ways to slow or prevent the spread of drug resistance. (v) Our present knowledge in the area of pathogen-host-interaction and disease development is in pioneer stage. There is still a lot to understand about how the host resists invasions by microbial pathogen	Your Ad Here
(vi) Future studies in the field of microbiology may lead to a better understanding of the interactions between microorganisms and the inanimate world. Among other things, this understanding should enable us to more effectively control pollution. (vii) The microbiology of tomorrow has to solve a variety of fundamental questions in biology. For convenience, how do complex cellular structures develop and how do cells communicate with one another and respond to the environment? In addition to the aforesaid, there are various other possible future prospects to be of use in human welfare. Some important ones are : removal of heavy metal pollution, destruction of many xenobiotics, treating air pollution caused by SO₂, use of biodegradable plastics etc.

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