List of microorganisms and their uses
| Traditional products | Bacteria | Yeasts and filamentous fungi |
| Bread, beer, wine and spirits Cheeses, other dairy products Lactic acid bacteria Ripening of blue and Camembert-type cheeses Fermented meats and vegetables Mostly lactic acid bacteria Mushrooms Soy sauce Vinegar Sulu (soya bean curd) | Mainly Saccharomyces
Acetobacter species |
Penicillium species
Aspergillus oryzae Mucor species Agaricus bisporus, Lentinula edodes |
| Products | Bacteria | Fungi |
| Amino acids
l-Glutamine I-Lysine I-Tryptophan Enzymes Carbohydrases a-amylase b-amylase glucose isomerase invertase lactase (galactosidase) Cellulases lipases Pectinases Proteases subtilisin (alkaline) neutral microbial rennet |
Corynebacterium glu Brevibacterium Lactofermentum tomicum Klebstello GE rogenes
Bacillus subtilis Amyloglucosidase Aspergillus niger Kluyveromyces species Kluyveromyces lactiss Bacillus licheniformis Streptomyces olivaceus |
Trichoderma viride Aspergillus niger
Candida cylindracea Aspergillus wentii Aspergillus oryzae |
| Products | Bacteria | Fungi |
| Agricultural products
Gibberellins Fungicides Insecticides Silage Lactic acid Bacteria Fuels and chemical feedstocks Acetone Butanol Ethanol Glycerol Methane Methanogenic archaeans |
Bacillus thuringiensis
Clostridium Sp. Clostridium acetobutylicumies |
Fusarium moniliforme
Zymomonas mobilis Saccharomyces cerevisiae Zygosaccharomyces rouxii Zygosaccharomyces rouxii |
| Products | Bacteria | Fungi |
| Pharmaceuticals and related compounds
Alkaloids ergotamine d-lysergic acid Antibiotics Aminoglycosides streptomycin b-Lactams penicillins cephalosporins clavulanic acid Lantibiotic nisin Lactococcus locos MacroIdes Erythromycin Peptides Bacitracin Tetracyclines Chlortetracycline Hormones |
Streptomyces aureofaciens
Streptomyces griseus Acremonium chrysogenum Streptomyces clavuligerus Bacillus licheniformis Bacillus brevis |
Claviceps purpurea
Ergometrine Claviceps fusiformis Claviceps paspali Penicillium chrysogenum Saccharopolyspora erythraea |
| Products | Bacteria | Fungi |
| Nucleotides
5c -Inosine monophosphate 5c-Guanosine Monophosphate Organic acids FumarAcetic Gluconic Itaconic Kojic Lactic Polymers Alginates Cellulose Dextran Gellan Polyhydroxybutyrate Pullulans |
Bacillus subtilis
Brevibocteriurn ammoniagenes Yarrowia lipolytica Acetobacter xylinum Acetobacter suboxydans Lactobacillus delbrueckii Azotobacter vinelandii Leuconostoc mesenteroides Sphingomonas paucimobilis Royston eutropha Aureobasidium pullulans Leuconostoc mesenteroides Sphingomonas paucimobilis Ralstonia eutropha Aureobasidium pullulans |
Aspergillus niger
Rhizopus species |
| Product | Bacteria | Fungi |
| Insulin
Steroids Vaccines Bacillus Human growth hormone Vitamins B12 (cyanocobalamin) b-Carotene (provitamin A) Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) |
Recombinant Escherichia coli
Arthrobocter species Bacillus anthracis Clostridium tetani Recombinant Escherichia coli Pseudomonas denitrificans Blakeslea trispora Acetobacter suboxydans Bacillus subtilis Ashbya gossypii |
Rhizopus species
Recombinant Saccharomyces |
