Biology › Section K · Viruses and prokaryotes › Topic K.8
Beneficial prokaryotes
Pathogens are the exception, not the rule: prokaryotes fertilise our crops, preserve our food, clean our pollution, and keep our own digestive system running.
In this topic
- The helpful majority
- The nitrogen bottleneck
- Only prokaryotes can do it
- The legume partnership
- The oldest biotechnology
- Cleaning pollution with appetite
- The oil spill cleanup crew
- The tenants we cannot evict
- Worked example: the farmer who stops buying nitrogen
- Worked example: reading a polluted pond
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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