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Are microbes good?


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Microbes:

  1. Microbes are minute, unicellular organisms, which can be visible only under a microscope.
  2. Microbes can be good and bad both.
  3. When they act as pathogens they are considered bad but when they help in human activities then they are considered as good.
  4. For example: Bacteria in plant roots help them, and methanogens in biogas plants are good. Whereas disease-causing viruses and bacteria like rhinovirus and poliovirus.

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