Microbiology: A Systems Approach
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781259706615
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 25, Problem 7MCQ
Secondary metabolites of microbes are formed during the ____ phase of growth.
- a. exponential
- b. stationary
- c. trophophase
- d. idiophase
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Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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