Microbe

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Introduction

• Includes:

• bacteria
• viruses
• rickettsiae
• spirochetes
  

• These organisms are considered unique

• genetic material is not surrounded by a nuclear membrane
• mitosis does not occur during replication

References

1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
2. MICROBES in Sickness and in Health [1]

microbe (microorganism)