Foundations in Microbiology
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ISBN: 9781259705212
Author: Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 8.L2, Problem 2CT
2. Explain what is meant by the “biochemical circle of life� that exists between phototrophs and heterotrophs.
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