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    Microbes: Tiny Economic Powerhouses

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    Discover how bacteria and fungi drive massive industries from food production to medicine, while also causing billions in economic damage through spoilage and disease.

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    We're in this incredible partnership with the microbial world, and as we get better at understanding and directing these relationships, the economic possibilities are virtually limitless.

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