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Title: Why do free-living bacteria, such as Escherichia coli with 4000 genes, have more genes than ... Post by: aschaffer on Feb 12, 2018 Why do free-living bacteria, such as Escherichia coli with 4000 genes, have more genes than intracellular bacteria?
What will be an ideal response? Title: Why do free-living bacteria, such as Escherichia coli with 4000 genes, have more genes than ... Post by: bobsegat123 on Feb 12, 2018 Ans: They have to have genes to carry out their own intermediary metabolism, whereas intracellular bacteria make use of the host enzymes.
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