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.


