• Question: What is a microbe?

    Asked by anon-245453 to Liam, David on 11 Mar 2020. This question was also asked by anon-245565.
    • Photo: Liam Perera

      Liam Perera answered on 11 Mar 2020:

      A microbe is another word for a microorganism. This is tiny single celled life. We think there are 1 Trillion (1,000,000,000,000) species of microbes on Earth and they are everywhere from your hands to your digestive system, the soil and in the atmosphere, under ice sheets and on top of mountains and even at the bottom of the ocean. Microbes are very cool.

    • Photo: David Sobral

      David Sobral answered on 19 Mar 2020:

      It’s a super small (tiny) organism that you could only see with a powerful microscope. They are essentially everywhere, and many are actually very good for us and the planet. But because some are not very good at all for us you should always wash your hands so you keep those away 🙂

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