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Scope of Microbiology

Microbiology is a thoroughly practical subject and it included a great deal more than mere description of strange microscopic organisms. Of course, a stud of form, structure, and mode of life of microorganisms appears necessary In order to understand them and to understand the principles of biology, but the subject is concerned principally with the things microorganisms 'do', and with the practical affects of their activities on human affairs.

There is no field of human endeavour, whether it be in industry or in agriculture, or in preparation of food or in connection with problems of shelter or clothing, or in the conservation of human and animal health and the combating of disease, where the microorganisms do not play an important and often a dominant role.


So vast is the accumulated knowledge about the microorganisms and their activities that no single microbiologist can claim to be intimately familiar with all aspects of the subject, nor could the whole microbiology be taught in a single course, or described in a single textbook.

I have tried to accommodate various microorganisms and their significant activities under different chapters in detail, it would be proper to talk here in brief regarding the roles of microorganisms and the respective disciplines of microbiology so that one can have a concise account of the scope of this great branch of science at a glance.

 

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