Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
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Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 15MC
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Fundamentally in nature there are two different types of cells prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells. As a group prokaryotes are most diverse and abundant life forms on the earth. They are present in water, soil, air as well as living on and in other organisms in great numbers.
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Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
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