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Question
What do you know about utilization of microbes in ancient times?
Solution
Since ancient times, microbes have been exploited for fermentation, baking etc. even without any idea of the mechanism behind them. The various ways in which microbes were utilized in ancient times are:
(i) In ancient times (before 2500 B.C.), the Aryans used to prepare 'Soma' as offering to God.
(ii) Preparations of curds, cheese, paneer, butter etc. from milk are age-old techniques.
(iii) In Roman times, cheese was processed from milk and its nutritive value was recognized.
(iv) For baking, leftover dough was applied from a previous batch of bread on leavened bread.
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