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How many species of microbes are there?

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Well, there is lactobacille which is a good microbe and theres rhinovirus a bad microbe and plenty others.

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The vast majority consist of fungi, bacteria and protozoa.

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Yeast-used in the production of wine and vinegar. Acetobacter aceti is used to prepare acids.Some other useful microbes ; propionibacterium,lactobaccillus,candida lypolytica[in laundries],methanogen.

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5 billon but 3 main ones

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food microbes

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