Prescott's Microbiology
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Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Ch. 20.3 - Prob. 4RIACh. 20.3 - Prob. 5RIACh. 20.4 - MICRO INQUIRY What are the mechanisms by which...Ch. 20.4 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Why are the growth yields...Ch. 20.4 - Prob. 2RIACh. 20.4 - What is the ecological and practical importance of...Ch. 20.4 - Where are extreme halophiles found, and what is...Ch. 20.4 - What is the difference between sensory rhodopsin...Ch. 20.4 - How is Thermoplasma able to live in acidic, very...Ch. 20.4 - In what way are members of the genus Archaeoglobus...Ch. 20 - Some believe that archaea should not be separate...Ch. 20 - Prob. 2CHICh. 20 - Prob. 3CHICh. 20 - Prob. 4CHICh. 20 - Prob. 5CHICh. 20 - Prob. 6CHICh. 20 - Prob. 7CHI
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