Protists
This photosynthetic protist produces oxygen and is vital in aquatic food chains.
Diatoms
These bacteria are found in yogurt and aid digestion.
Lactobacillus
This fungus is used in baking, brewing, and winemaking.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Baker's Yeast)
This protist is used to produce agar and carrageenan, valuable in food industries.
red algae
This bacteria helps plants by fixing nitrogen in the soil.
Rhizobium
This fungus produces an antibiotic that revolutionized medicine.
Penicillium
This protist causes malaria and is transmitted by mosquitoes.
Plasmodium
This bacterium causes food poisoning and is linked to contaminated food or water.
Escherichia coli (E. coli)
This bad fungus produces aflatoxins, which can contaminate food crops.
Aspergillus flavus
This protist causes sleeping sickness and is transmitted by tsetse flies.
Trypanosoma
This bacterium causes tuberculosis, a severe lung infection.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
This yeast can cause infections like thrush in humans.
Candida albicans