Category : 8th Class
Microorganisms
Synopsis
Useful mocroorganisms:
Decomposition and recycling of materials:
Medicine and health supplements:
Agriculture:
Industries:
Harmful Microorganisms:
Diseases caused by bacteria in humans.
Name of the disease |
Name of the Pathogen |
Symstom of the disease |
1. Cholera |
Vibrio comma |
Vomitings, loose motions |
2. Leprosy |
Mycobacterium leprae |
Deformities of limbs |
3. Gonorrhoea |
Coccus bacteria |
Pain in reproductive organs |
4. Pneumonia |
Diplococcus pneumoniae |
Fluid in the lungs |
5. Tetanus (lockjaw) |
Clostridium tetani |
Muscular spasms |
6. Tuberculosis |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
Persistent cough, weight loss |
7. Typhoid |
Salmonella typhi |
Fever |
Diseases caused by bacteria in plants.
Blackrot in cabbage, fire blight in paddy
Diseases caused by protozoans
Name of the disease |
Name of the Pathogen |
Symptoms of the disease |
Dysentry Malaria Sleeping sickness |
Entamoeba histolytica Plasmodium sps Trypanosoma gambiense |
Diarrhoea High fever Fever |
Diseases caused by virus.
Name of the disease |
Symptoms of the disease |
Common cold and influenza |
Running nose, fever |
Dengue fever |
Running nose, fever, headache |
Mumps |
Fever, headache, swelling below the ear |
Measles |
Fever and red rashes |
Poliomyelitis |
Weak muscles, paralysis of the limbs |
Rubella |
Cough, fever |
Chicken pox |
Fever, headache, rashes |
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) |
Intermittent fever, diarrhoea, loss of appetite, weight loss |
Rabies |
Hydrophobia attacks central nervous system |
Diseases caused by virus in plans:
Corn stunt, little leaf of brinjal
Diseases caused by Fungi in animals.
Name of the disease |
Symptoms of the diseases |
Ring worm Athlete's foot |
Scaly patches, itchy skin Itchy rash between the toes |
Diseases caused by fungi in plants:
Rust, smut, wilt and blight.
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