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- February 5, 2008 at 9:18 pm #9062
  pinkypig
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  Hi i wanted to know why its so important for bacteria to have a phosphate source? i mean what would happen if they didn’t have one? could’nt they use any other alternatives?
- February 6, 2008 at 2:38 am #81495
  canalon
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  Because they cannot do transmutation of atoms 😉
  There might be bacteria able to work from elemntal phosphorus, but most of them need the phosphate to grow.
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