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Re:Plants communicate, nurture their seedlings, and get stre... by bsmitty5000 on Monday November 04, 2019 @04:15PM (#21446590)
If by microbes you mean bacteria. Maybe we also contain fungus as well though.

And actually, if you're looking at cell count our cells are outnumbered by about 10:1, it's incredible!

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Re:Plants communicate, nurture their seedlings, and get stre... by throwaway_law on Monday November 04, 2019 @04:42PM (#21446823)
Yes the human microbiome consists of fungus in addition to bacteria, protozoa and viruses.
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