Prescott's Microbiology
Prescott's Microbiology
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ISBN: 9781260211887
Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Iron is a mineral that plays a crucial role in the origin of life. Iron is so essential that without it all life might cease to exist. Each living things like animals, humans, plants, bacteria, and even a cancer cell need iron to grow. For example, plants need iron in order to generate chlorophyll.

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