If you listen to different and numerous positive comments about science from people in different parts of the world, you would really know that science is dear to many lives today. Diseases are the worst enemy today and some people are committed to know the microbes that cause them and how they could eradicate them. Scientists who study more about algae, fungi, protozoa, bacteria and viruses are called microbiologists and they belong to the microbiology society.

Microbiology is a scientific unit with other several branches in it. Irrespective of the branch you choose to study, you eventually emerge a competent microbiologist. Mycology is such a major branch that you cannot ignore at all. Those who choose to study mycology will make efforts to know how yeast and puff balls grow, reproduce and cause infections. They also study molds and mushrooms in terms of the diseases they cause and how you can prevent them.

Another category of scientists you will find in this scientific community include virologists. These are people who study more about viruses in terms of the diseases they cause, how they reproduce and the most effective ways to control them. They further discover that viruses are not classified as living or non-living things although they cause serious illnesses to people, plants and animals.

If you choose to study more about protozoa, you will qualify to join this community once you fulfill the assessing board with your scientific qualification. Protozoa cause various diseases such as sleeping sickness, amoebic dysentery and malaria. Those who study protozoa play important role in controlling malaria that kills most newborns, children and pregnant mothers due to their low immunity.

Behind the different infections and diseases are pathogens. These are microorganisms that access your body systems and reproduce there causing infections. However, they would continue causing these infections until these scientists discover how they cause them and their life cycles as well. These scientists also study about the physiology and genetics of these microorganisms especially those that cause leprosy, tuberculosis and typhoid.

Among other scientists you find in this community are those who study different processes of fermentation and their application. Fermentation is crucial to most industries since they produce their products through this process. However, some people do not know that certain microorganisms facilitate fermentation. Scientists in this branch explain how fermentation brings about alcoholic drinks.

You are prone and subjected to environments full of pathogens that cause dangerous infections. However, you may not suffer from them severely depending on your immunity level. Nonetheless, you would not know more about immunology without scientists who are specialists in this field explaining it to you. It is in this community where you find scientists who know how antibodies fight antigens in the body.

The plastics and nylon objects you see around degrade with time depending on the microbial activity. Many people actually do not know that certain microorganisms are responsible for this degradation. The decomposition processes in most objects are microbial. The scientists who help people discover this contribute a lot also to this scientific community.