microbe
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Inside those roots live microbes that extract nutrients, which then nourish the worms.
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Certain commensal gut microbes can move between individuals through close contact.
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Trouble begins when the amount of sorbitol exceeds what these microbes can handle.
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They help control infections by targeting invading microbes, foreign materials, and damaged or infected cells early on, which limits their ability to spread.
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Now it restarting, helped by microbes that remove copper from low-grade ores.
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