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Because one microbe is never enough: Say hi to metagenomics. "Microbes run the world. It’s that simple." Those are the first words of a recent report on the ongoing quest to sequence the DNA of the smallest of living things

For more than 50 years microbiologists have warned against using antibiotics to fatten up farm animals. The practice, they argue, threatens human health by turning farms into breeding grounds of drug-resistant bacteria. Farmers responded that restricting antibiotics in livestock would devastate the industry and significantly raise costs to consumers.