microbes
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He said it could also add to interest in protecting maerl beds, which were "already of the greatest importance to all of the other plants, animals and microbes in the ecological community that they support".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
At the heart of current research is the oral microbiome, the community of hundreds of bacteria, fungi and other microbes that live in the mouth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
These microbes help break down food, produce useful compounds, train the immune system, and influence metabolism.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
The microbes produce a protective material around themselves that helps shield the community from environmental threats.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Some microbes don’t wait for the old host to die and get eaten, but instead hitchhike in the saliva of an insect that bites the old host and flies off to find a new host.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
