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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Chapter 3.4, Problem 4RIA
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4. The cell walls of most members of the phyla Firmicutes and Actinobacteria lack porins. Why is this the case?
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