Beneficial and harmful aspects of molds?

Answer 1

Molds are necessary in making soy sauce and blue cheeses like Roquefort.

A mold called Rhizopus is used to produce the steroid drug cortisone.

Molds and other fungi play a critical role as environmental decomposers, working to break down organic materials such as dead trees.

Some molds are used in the industrial process because of the chemicals they produce. For example, the mold Aspergillus terreus is used in making plastic.