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Intensive research over the last ten years has shown that many of the metabolic pathways, enzyme systems, and intermediate products common to all modern organisms are also found in bacteria, thus confirming the concept of the common origin of all forms of life in earth (Oparin, 1924, 1957, 1960). Although the common nature of several metabolic processes has weakened the sharp distinction between bacteria and highly organized cells, bacteria still occupy a special position among living creatures as regards morphology and biochemical characteristics. Bacteria are unique and extremely interesting organisms. They cannot be regarded as ordinary cells-like animal or plant cells, only smaller. The special nature of bacteria is so pronounced that they sometimes appear to be free-living nuclei or mitochondria.
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Gel’man, N.S., Lukoyanova, M.A., Ostrovskii, D.N. (1967). Introduction. In: Respiration and Phosphorylation of Bacteria. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5526-5_1
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