Microbial is referring to a microscopic organism; commonly taken to mean a germ. The majority of microbes do not cause disease and in fact are beneficial organisms providing food sources for other organisms, decomposing waste, etc. Some microbes are used as pesticides, for example Bacillus thuringiensis is a microbe used as an insecticide.
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