Uses of heterotrophic microorganisms that are economically significant are
1. Heterotrophic bacteria, such as Rhizobium, help plants fix nitrogen.
2. Lactobacillus, a heterotropic microbe, aids in the production of curd.
Economically significant archaebacteria applications are
1. Methanobacterium and other archaebacteria are employed in the production of gobar gas, which is used as a fuel.
2. Taq polymerase enzyme is obtained from archaebacteria such as Thermus aquaticus, which is exploited in recombinant DNA technology.
Final answer:
Heterotrophic bacteria helps in fixing nitrogen and also helps in production of curd.
Archaebacteria help in the production of gobar gas and obtain taq polymerase.
