Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
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ISBN: 9781259709999
Author: Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13, Problem 1A
A public health physician isolated large numbers of phages from rivers used as a source of drinking water in western Africa. The physician is very concerned that humans might become ill from drinking this water, although she knows that phages specifically attack bacteria. Why is she concerned?
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1. A public health physician isolated large...Ch. 13 - Prob. 2ACh. 13 - Viruses that infect bacterial cells do not infect...Ch. 13 - Prob. 2CT
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