• A bacteriologist may study if a certain

bacteria can be used to destroy a certain

disease.
• They may also test if they are useful as a
drug.
• They would also test if the bacteria is
harmful of helpful to the environment.
This is a streptoccocus bacteria
seen with a scanning electron
• This is the basic structure of a bacterium
• This is gram positive bacteria
• These are basic virus forms. Viruses are
parasites that feed off living organisms.
• This is a diatom. It is a form of
photosynthetic algae that produce around
70% of earth’s oxygen.
• bacteria are most important in the production of
enantiomerically pure chemicals for use as
pharmaceuticals or agrichemicals
• By making mutations in bacterial DNA and
examining the resulting phenotypes, scientists
can determine the function of genes, enzymes
and metabolic pathways in bacteria, then apply
this knowledge to more complex organisms