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Definition of Microbes
1. microbe [n] - See also: microbe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Microbes
Literary usage of Microbes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Insects and disease: A Popular Account of the Way in which Insects May by Rennie Wilbur Doane (1910)
"microbes in the carpet, microbes in the wall, microbes in the vestibule, ...
microbes on my money, microbes in my hair, microbes on my meat and bread, ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"Without microbes, milk would not curdle, cheese and vinegar would be unknown;
... We are so accustomed to associate the word ' microbes ' with the most ..."