Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. There could be as many as 100 trillion microorganisms that live on us and in us.
2. The most common organisms in the indigenous microflora of the mouth are various species of b-hemolytic streptococci.
3. Microbes cause thousands of different types of plant diseases.
4. Most relationships between humans and microbes are beneficial rather than harmful.
5. Beneficial microorganisms far outnumber harmful ones.


1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE

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