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Bacteria, like all other living organisms, require certain nutrients for growth. These nutrients must contain those chemical elements that are constituents of the cellular materials and that are necessary for the activity of enzyme and transport systems. In addition, the nutrients must provide the organisms with materials for the production of biologically utilizable energy.
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Gottschalk, G. (1986). Nutrition of Bacteria. In: Bacterial Metabolism. Springer Series in Microbiology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1072-6_1
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