Microbiology: A Systems Approach
Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The integrated functioning of all the ecosystems and interrelating all organisms and abiotic factors is called biosphere. The biodiversity is one of the parts of the biosphere that plays important functions.

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