Prescott's Microbiology
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ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Ch. 26.1 - Prob. 1RIACh. 26.1 - What is the distribution of these microbes?Ch. 26.1 - Why does the mycelial morphology of fungi make...Ch. 26.1 - Prob. 4RIACh. 26.1 - Prob. 5RIACh. 26.2 - Prob. 1MICh. 26.4 - Prob. 1RIACh. 26.4 - What is the difference between hyphae called...Ch. 26.4 - How do different mating types of Rhizopus...Ch. 26.4 - Prob. 4RIA
Ch. 26.4 - Prob. 5RIACh. 26.5 - What determines when a yeast cell can no longer...Ch. 26.5 - In what ways is the life cycle of filamentous...Ch. 26.5 - Why does nutrient deprivation trigger sexual...Ch. 26.5 - Prob. 2RIACh. 26.5 - Where are you most likely find ascomycetes that...Ch. 26.6 - Prob. 1MICh. 26.7 - Prob. 1RIACh. 26.7 - Prob. 2RIACh. 26.7 - Prob. 3RIACh. 26.7 - Why do you think members of Microsporidia are...Ch. 26 - Compare the nodes and branches that lead to the...Ch. 26 - Prob. 1CHICh. 26 - Prob. 2CHICh. 26 - Prob. 3CHICh. 26 - Prob. 4CHICh. 26 - Analysis of sclerotia and conidia formation in the...
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