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To determine: The reason that why bacterial populations grow more fast as compared to eukaryotic population and also explain the way in which such population growth influences food spoilage rate.
Introduction: Various factors determine the growth of bacterial and eukaryotic populations. It has been seen that bacteria grow more rapidly as compared to eukaryotes and rapidly cause infections due to spoilage of food materials.
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