Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach - Standalone book
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ISBN: 9780078021046
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Jennifer Bunn
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 16.6, Problem 5NP
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The eye is a hollow, spherical visualizing organ of about 2.5 cm (centimeters). It provides the ability to the organism to receive and analyze the visual details. The hole of the eye located in the middle of the iris is known as pupil that allows the light to strike on the retina. The normal biota of eye is: Corynebacterium, and Micavibrio aeruginosavorus. Micavibrio aeruginosavorus protect eyes from the harmful pathogen.
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