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Study Classification lecture notes PDF with microbiology definitions and explanation to study What is Classification?. Study classification explanation with microbiology terms to review microbiology course for online degree programs.

Classification Definition:

  • Arrangement of organisms into groups based on mutual similarity or evolutionary relatedness.

    Prescott's Microbiology 9th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton



Classification Notes:

Classification or biological classification is the procedure through which the scientists categorize the living organisms. These organisms are grouped on the basis of similarity. Unlike previously when physical characteristics were examined to determine the similarity, nowadays genetic analysis is very popular to group or classify the organisms.

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