ESM 236- ENVIRONMENTS AND MICROORGANISMS

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It is pertinent to understand and be cautious about the environment in which life exists. This is because the environment is be deviled with several macro-organisms and micro-organisms, some of which are deleterious to human existence while others are beneficial to life. This unit will therefore examine and define the different types of environment in which life exists and catalogue the different microorganisms encountered and the role they play in the survival of life that exist in them. At the end of this unit, you should be able to: • define the biosphere • distinguish the various environments • explain the ecology in which life exists and the flow of energy in the ecosystem • describe the type of micro-organisms that can be found in the different environments (air, water and soil) • explain the role of these micro-organisms.

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