Principles of Biology
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 24, Problem 2CCQ
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How a host and the microbes benefit from a microbiome
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Microbiome is a complex system that contains many different microbial species and carries out many types of
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