ABSTRACT
Microbe is another word for microorganisms, so I shall be using the two words interchangeably. When we conceptualize microbes, the image that readily comes to mind is “dangerous elements” “disease-causing entities” “no go areas”. However, I want to pause here and ask a pertinent question; “are microbes all BAD? or put in a different form “Are microbes guilty as charged?” Microbes are not all bad, there are a lot of beneficial microbes. Indeed man cannot live without microbes. We shall now go through the journey of Microbes; the Good,the Bad and the Fascinating: Man the Effective Manager” which is the title of my Inaugural Lecture for today.