microbial decay

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• Microbial metabolism — is the means by which a microbe obtains the energy and nutrients (e.g. carbon) it needs to live and reproduce. Microbes use many different types of metabolic strategies and species can often be differentiated from each other based on metabolic… …   Wikipedia

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• decay — n. (in bacteriology) the decomposition of organic matter due to microbial action …   The new mediacal dictionary

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