microbe

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Aristilde and her team have spent years studying how minerals and soil microbes influence whether carbon remains trapped or is released back into the atmosphere.

From Science Daily

This enormous and constantly changing community of microorganisms is shaped by countless chemical exchanges, both among the microbes themselves and between microbes and the human body.

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This means they help the immune system distinguish between harmful threats and harmless targets, preventing unnecessary attacks on the body's own cells, helpful microbes, and everyday foods.

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Hospitals and milk banks typically have a rigorous screening process that tests for microbes and screens donors for alcohol, drug and medication use.

From Salon

Instead of relying only on traditional plant chemistry, they appear to reuse molecular tools commonly seen in microbes to build defensive chemicals.

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