Microbiology: An Introduction
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Nematodes are roundworms, belong to the animal kingdom Animalia, phylum Nematoda, which are diverse species consist of 1million species. The morphological structure of this organism is slender, small in size approximately 5 to 100µm thickness and o.1 to 2.5mm in length. The shape of the body is ring, ridge, unsegmented worms having tubular
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