Microbiology: Principles and Explorations
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ISBN: 9781118743164
Author: Jacquelyn G. Black, Laura J. Black
Publisher: WILEY
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Introduction: The proliferation or division of one bacterium into two daughter cells through binary fission is known as the microbial growth. The resulting daughter cells are hereditarily identical to the original cell.
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