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Chapter 11 Future Perspectives in Microbiology Certain major turning points in history have resulted from scientific breakthroughs, but the advances from the new knowledge have not been restricted to science. Rather they have also helped solve philosophical puzzles, changed economies, and often improved the quality of life.
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Some microscopic marine green algae (Dunaliella species) grow in waters of high salt content (for example, the Red Sea and the Dead Sea)
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188 MICROBIAL PROCESSES human beings. Also, oral administration of fusaric acid causes experimental animals and human beings to become sensitive to alcohol.
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Discoveries of previously unknown microbial interactions with inorganics, like the deposition of manganese in nodules and crusts on the ocean floor, are continuing and will provide further insights into geological processes and are likely to yield many new practical applications of microbes for economic benefit. For instance, two useful microbial processes are being tested for obtaining petroleum products from oil shale and tar sands.
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The search for microbes on other planets may thus be responsible for important spin-offs that may have considerable significance in the future. From these brief descriptions of microbial processes, it is apparent that the science of microbiology has reached a point where it can make real contributions to improving the welfare of mankind.
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Appendix Regulations for Packaging and Shipping Viable Microbial Cultures Most organisms used in industrial or biosynthetic processes are not known to cause animal or plant diseases, but even those that can cause disease have not been ignored in their application to such processes. In addition, diseasecontrol programs may require shipments of disease-causing microbe cultures for identification or testing.
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Therefore, it is essential for culture collection personnel to know what permits may be required to transmit cultures to the countries of scientists requesting their cultures.
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GEORGE S HAMMOND, Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Sciences, exofficio (through June 1978)
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OKUN, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina E RAY PARISER, Senior Research Scientist, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts JOSEPH PETTIT, President, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (member through December 1977)
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RAY PARISER, Semor Research Scientist, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (member through 1977)
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