Question
Explain: Microbes are omnipresent.
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Answer
→ Protozoa, Bacteria, Fungi, Microscopic plant virus, Viroids and prions etc. are microorganisms.
→ Microorganisms are found in soil, water, inside our body and that of other animals and plants.
→ They are present even at sites where no other life-form could possibly exist.
→ Microbes are found at deep inside the geysers- thermal vents where temperature may be as high as $100^{\circ} C$.
→ Microbes are also found deep in the soil, under the layers of snow several metres thick, and in highly acidic environments.
→ Microorganisms are found in soil, water, inside our body and that of other animals and plants.
→ They are present even at sites where no other life-form could possibly exist.
→ Microbes are found at deep inside the geysers- thermal vents where temperature may be as high as $100^{\circ} C$.
→ Microbes are also found deep in the soil, under the layers of snow several metres thick, and in highly acidic environments.
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