Modified Mastering Microbiology with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy (5th Edition)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780134402819
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6, Problem 7MC
Organisms that preferentially may thrive in icy waters are described as
- a. barophiles
- b. thermophiles
- c. mesophiles
- d. psychrophiles
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Modified Mastering Microbiology with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy (5th Edition)
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