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the terms germ and microbe are often used interchangeably. what comes to mind when you hear the word germ​

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Most times when you think of the word germ you think of bacteria when i truth only a small fraction of bacteria are harmful a larger fraction is the ones that help organism such as for plants their are bacteria the eat nitrogen when the plant cant deal with nitrogen.

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I hope this helps you other forms of germs can be virus but that is not the image you tend to think of when you here the word germ you think of a self living organism not a thing thats not even alive.

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