Of Microbes and Microbiomes

What are microbes?

You know about the animals and plants all around us....but do you know there are just as many single celled lifeforms around us that you cannot see?

What are microbiomes?

Just like there are communities of animals in nature, there are communities of microbes in nature as well. A set of microbes in its habitat is a microbiome.

Example microbiomes

Plant

Terrestrial

Aquatic

Animal

Human

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