by Kevin T McEneaney
Do you take the air we breathe for granted?
Prochlorococcus means small green berry,
but it’s not a berry, yet it may be
the most populous form of life on earth!
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Discovered about forty ears ago
by Chisholm in low-nutrient water,
this microbe absorbs carbon dioxide,
producing oxygen around the clock,
constantly working for us without pay.
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They are the ones who produce fertile soil!
Living everywhere on this spinning globe,
it is smaller than a grain of pollen
or even a drop of scented hairspray….
This microbe is the Atlas of the earth!
