Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (5th Edition)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780134477206
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14, Problem 3MC
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Microbes, the tiny and microscopic living organisms, have a cosmopolitan distribution. Microbes differ in their mode of living like free living, parasitic, and mutualistic. Some microbes act as pathogen and cause infections and diseases in other higher organisms such as animals and humans.
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Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (5th Edition)
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