microbes break down food with a arsenal of chemicals

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An example of metaphor in popularscience writing:

"When microbes break down food with their arsenal of chemicals and in turn produce other chemicals, it is known as fermentation."

Prof. Tim Spector

Broadcast adaptation of Food for Life by Tim Spector, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at King's College London.

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