bacteria are classified as microbes
bacteria can live in hotter and colder temperatures than humans but they do best in a warm moist protein-rich environment that is pH neutral or slightly acidic
The answer is - because over 90% of this biome has been converted to agriculture.
This biome has been much larger before the development of the agriculture in this part of the USA, but because this biome provided large territories with deep fertile soil and predominantly lowland areas, people started using it for agriculture because it was the most suitable for that. So little by little, the biome was declining and more and more of it was becoming agricultural land.
^^ what she said I think is true