Prescott's Microbiology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781260211887
Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Chapter 29.3, Problem 1CC
How do radioactive and stable isotopes differ? Design an experiment to determine whether or not denitrification is taking place in a soil ecosystem.
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Prescott's Microbiology
Ch. 29.1 - What happens to the flow stream in fluorescence...Ch. 29.1 - Prob. 1CCCh. 29.1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 29.1 - Describe the rationale upon which the extinction...Ch. 29.1 - Prob. 4CCCh. 29.2 - Prob. 1MICh. 29.2 - Prob. 1CCCh. 29.2 - Prob. 2CCCh. 29.2 - Prob. 3CCCh. 29.2 - Prob. 4CC
Ch. 29.3 - How do radioactive and stable isotopes differ?...Ch. 29.3 - Prob. 2CCCh. 29.3 - Prob. 3CCCh. 29.3 - Prob. 4CCCh. 29.3 - What is the difference between MAR and MAR-FISH?...Ch. 29 - Prob. 1RCCh. 29 - Prob. 2RCCh. 29 - Prob. 3RCCh. 29 - Prob. 4RCCh. 29 - Prob. 5RCCh. 29 - Prob. 6RCCh. 29 - Prob. 7RCCh. 29 - Prob. 8RCCh. 29 - Prob. 9RCCh. 29 - Prob. 10RCCh. 29 - Prob. 11RCCh. 29 - How might you attempt to grow in the laboratory a...Ch. 29 - Both acetate and CO2 can be used by methanogenic...Ch. 29 - Prob. 3AL
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