Foundations in Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259705212
Author: Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 27.L1, Problem 9MCQ
The large tanks used in industrial production of antibiotics are termed
a. digesters
b. fermentors
c. spargers
d. biotransformers
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Foundations in Microbiology
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