When many people think of ‘microbes’ they think of germs, bacteria, nasty tiny little things that cause trouble. But they can be our friends. They are like mini magicians, breaking down food waste into rich compost, transforming human and animal waste, even pesticides and pollution into harmless, often even useful substances.
This collection of 23 short stories by a variety of authors invites you to enter the fascinating world of microorganisms. Microbes live on our skin, keep ecosystems healthy, fight pollution and turn waste into resources. Some of the plots unfold close to our everyday lives, some in the wonderland of tiny heroes, and some take us into an imaginative future.
Meet Willow as she is chased by a morphing pile of slime, and Mikey who stops showering.
Discover romance at the sewage plant, and how Sophie turns into a tree.
Learn how Mike Robe arrives for his interview in a petri dish and Amanda survives a flood to find a world within our world instead of sorrows.
You can even find out why Tim changes careers on his friends’ toilet… and read many more winning stories.
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The stories were selected from winning stories from the Green Stories competition ‘Microbes to the Rescue’, sponsored by the Environmental Biotechnology Network and the ‘Clean vs Green’ competition. The goal is to use fiction to tackle myths and misconceptions about bacteria. For example, many of us are now aware of the ‘beneficial bacteria’ in our gut. And yet we still scrub off all the friendly bacteria on our skin that have evolved to keep our skin healthy and clean. I hope that these stories help to redress the balance as well as entertain.
