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Explain how microbes are useful to us?

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Step-by-step explanation:

1. Microbes play defense. The oodles of microbes that live on and inside us protect us from pathogens simply by taking up space

2. Microbes boost the immune system

3. Microbes protect us from auto-immune diseases.

4. Microbes keep us slim. Microbes play an important role in our body shape by helping us digest and ferment foods, as well as by producing chemicals that shape our metabolic rates.

5. Microbes detoxify and may even fight off stress.

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