Whats good bacteria and how does it help?
Beneficial bacteria provide us with fermented food. Acetobacter species give acetous or vinegar fermentation of fruit juice and alcohols. Various bacterial fermentations in food http://www.fao.org/docrep/x0560e/x0560e1… Bacteria are the sources of our original antimicrobials. These are also the source of the smell of rich, healthy soil. Many soil bacteria and fungi during normal growth produce antibiotics. Only bacteria can digest the tough plant fiber cellulose so all herbivores and omnivores are dependent on their commensal gut bacteria. Bacteria are the only organisms able to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere. Marine bacteria digest algae returning sulfur to the atmosphere to regulate climate. Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria produce phosphatase enzymes that solubilize phosphorus from insoluble mineral sources for plants. Only bacteria can complete the carbon cycle by returning detritus (organic carbon) to it
