Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (5th Edition)

5th Edition

ISBN: 9780134477206

Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.

Publisher: PEARSON

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The ability of farmers around the world to produce crops such as corn, wheat and rice is often limited by the lack of nitrogen-based fertilizer. How might scientists use Beijerinck’s discovery to increase world supplies of grain?

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