Microbiology with Diseases by Body System, Books a la Carte Edition (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134618449
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 15MC
Under ideal conditions, the fermentation of one glucose molecule by a bacterium allows a net gain of how many ATP molecules?
- a. 2
- b. 4
- c. 38
- d. 0
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