• Question: what are microbes made of

    Asked by to Naomi, Mathew, Ian on 16 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Naomi Osborne answered on 16 Jun 2014:

      Hi elinmelin!

      Microbes are made of the same things as us – DNA and proteins – only much simpler. Microbes are living single cells (compared to humans which are made up of over 37 trillion cells) and include bacteria and fungi. We have over a trillion bacteria in our gut – we need them to be healthy, but without us they’re probably just fine!

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