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Microorganisms

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Small living things

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Chemosynthesis

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Production of food using energy released from chemical reactions

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Saprophytes

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Organisms that take in food from dead organic matter

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Parasites

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Organisms that take in food from a live host and usually cause harm

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Pathogenic bacteria

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Bacteria that cause disease

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Antibiotics

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Chemicals produced by microorganisms that stop the growth of or kill other microorganisms without damaging human tissue

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Batch culture

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Growth of cells in a sealed container over a short period of time and under ideal conditions until all the nutrients are used up

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Bioreactor

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Vessel in which living things or their products are used to make a product

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Continuous flow food processing

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Growth of cells in an open bioreactor where nutrients are added and the end products are removed all the time at a rate that maintains the volume of liquid and no. of cells.

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