REWIND! Bacteria, by Sir George Newman, Part 1 (Remastered)
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The Place of Bacteria in Nature
A plant secures its nourishment from much simpler elements than is the case with animals. For example, it obtains its carbon from the carbonic acid gas in air and water. This it is able to do as regards the carbon by means of the green coloring matter known as chlorophyll. With sunlight, carbonic acid is decomposed in the chlorophyll corpuscles,. The oxygen passing back into the atmosphere, the carbon being stored in the form of starch or other organic compound.
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