GEN COMBO LOOSELEAF MICROBIOLOGY:A SYSTEMS APPROACH; CONNECT ACCESS CARD
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ISBN: 9781260149364
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12, Problem 8MCQ
Which of the following modes of action would be most selectively toxic?
- a. interrupting ribosomal function
- b. dissolving the cell membrane
- c. preventing cell wall synthesis
- d. inhibiting
DNA replication
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