Prescott's Microbiology
Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Biodegradation is the process in which an organic substance is breaking down into lesser compounds by the enzyme generated by the viable microbes. The microorganism transforms the substance by enzymatic or metabolic processes.

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