Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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Author: John W. Foster, Joan L. Slonczewski
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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The examples of microbial metabolism that fits assimilation and dissimilation.

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Assimilation describes the process through which an organism acquires an element like carbon from its available sources in the environment and converts them into biomolecules. Microbes generally assimilate inorganic substances from the nearby mineral sources. Assimilation is an important process in the geological cycles.

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