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ISBN: 9780077730802
Author: Eugene Nester, Martha Nester, Denise Anderson, Jr., C. Evans Roberts
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 8MC
If you wanted to increase your chances of obtaining a member of the Archaea (rather than a member of another domain), which would be the best site to obtain a sample?
a) intestine of an elephant
b) skin of an elephant
c) a 95°C hot spring in Yellowstone
d) a 45°C hot spring in Hawaii
e) a raw hamburger patty
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