Prescott's Microbiology
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Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Danish physician, Christian Gram in 1884, developed a
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Prescott's Microbiology
Ch. 2.1 - Prob. 1MICh. 2.1 - Prob. 1CCCh. 2.1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 2.1 - Prob. 3CCCh. 2.2 - Prob. 1MICh. 2.2 - Prob. 2MICh. 2.2 - Prob. 3MICh. 2.2 - Prob. 1CCCh. 2.2 - Prob. 2CCCh. 2.2 - Prob. 3CC
Ch. 2.2 - Prob. 4CCCh. 2.2 - Prob. 5CCCh. 2.2 - Prob. 6CCCh. 2.3 - Prob. 1MICh. 2.3 - Prob. 1CCCh. 2.3 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply 2. Why would basic dyes be...Ch. 2.3 - Prob. 3CCCh. 2.3 - Prob. 4CCCh. 2.4 - Prob. 1MICh. 2.4 - Prob. 1CCCh. 2.4 - Prob. 2CCCh. 2.4 - Prob. 3CCCh. 2.4 - Prob. 4CCCh. 2.5 - Prob. 1MICh. 2.5 - Prob. 1CCCh. 2.5 - Prob. 2CCCh. 2 - Prob. 1RCCh. 2 - Prob. 2RCCh. 2 - Prob. 3RCCh. 2 - Prob. 1ALCh. 2 - Prob. 2ALCh. 2 - Prob. 4AL
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