Mastering Microbiology with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy (5th Edition)
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Chapter 26, Problem 13MC
In the carbon cycle, microbes convert _______.
- a. CO2 into organic material for consumption
- b. CO2 into inorganic material for storage
- c. fossil fuels into usable organic compounds
- d. oxygen into water as a by-product of photosynthesis
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Mastering Microbiology with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy (5th Edition)
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