Describe some of the destructive and beneficial actions of microbes.

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A microbe is a small living thing to tiny to be seen by the naked eye and include bacteria, fungi and viruses. Among their destructive actions is causing diseases in human beings and their livestock or plants, destruction of food by causing decomposition which might lead to hunger and other related calamities. Despite this destructive consequences, microbes are also known to have advantageous actions like helping in sewerage treatment, microbes found in the gastro-intestinal tract help in maintaining a good environment for digestion to take place. Microbes also help in ecological balance by causing decomposition of dead matter hence conserve the environment.

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