Prescott's Microbiology
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ISBN: 9781260211887
Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Chapter 19.5, Problem 3CC
Of the following genes, which do you think are part of the pangenome and which are part of the core genome: the genes for lactose catabolism in E coli; the genes for heat-stable DNA polymerase in Thermus aquaticus; the genes for proteorhodopsin in marine bacteria; the genes for toxin production in Vibrio cholerae?
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