0 a very tiny living thing invisible to the naked eye, especially a germ causing disease -- mikrob
a new understanding of how this microbe causes disease.
In other words, the biological diversity of the microbes is much greater than that of large multicellular organisms.
A further advantage applicable to low-temperature environments is that diurnal freeze-thaw cycles might be mitigated, reducing freeze-thaw stress to the microbes.
Lateral gene transfer as we know it today presupposes significant similarities in the genomes of the microbes involved.
Yet, despite all these hazards with their devastating effects on animals and plants, microbes appear to survive, and perhaps even thrive.
Laboratory simulation experiments designed to select and characterize oxidant-destroying terrestrial microbes may help to resolve this issue.
It probably began with microbes, followed later by plants and then by animals.
Except in special circumstances where one may be looking for specific microbes, the knowledge gained by viable counts is minimal for biomass estimations.
The microbe is often isolated only from patients but not from the water source.
