What are some industrial processes that use bacteria?
Bacteria are used by industry in many ways. There are vaccines made of attenuated pathogenic bacteria or of antigens present in bacteria. One of the most ancient uses of bacteria is the fermentation of milk to create yogurt, cheese and curd (even before the knowledge of the existence of bacteria these microorganisms were already used in the making of those products). Some methods of antibiotic production include bacteria. The recombinant DNA technology (genetic engineering) allows the industrial production and commercialization of human proteins, like insulin for diabetics, synthesized by mutant bacteria. Some bacteria can make fuel, like methane gas.