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Biosphere Notes: Definitions & Explanations PDF | Download eBooks

Study Biosphere lecture notes PDF with microbiology definitions and explanation to study “What is Biosphere?”. Study biosphere explanation with microbiology terms to review microbiology course for online degree programs.

Biosphere Definition:

  • Habitable regions comprising the aquatic (hydrospheric), soil-rock (lithospheric), and air (atmospheric) environments.

    Foundations in Microbiology by Kathleen Park Talaro, Arthur Talaro



Biosphere Notes:

Biosphere is the global ecological system that integrates all living beings and their relationships, that includes their interactions with the elements of hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere and geosphere.

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