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MICROBIOLOGY-ACCESS >CUSTOM<
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ISBN: 9780135668825
Author: Tortora
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 11, Problem 7MCQ

Which of the following pairs is mismatched?

  1. a. anacrobic endospore-forming gram-positive rods—Clostridium
  2. b. facultatively anaerobic gram-negative rods—Escherichia
  3. c. facultatively anaerobic gram-negative rods—Shigella
  4. d. pleomorphic gram-positive rods—Corynebacterium
  5. e. spirochete—Helicobacter
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