Microbiology: Principles and Explorations
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Author: Jacquelyn G. Black, Laura J. Black
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Chapter 1, Problem 3SQ
Which of the following is not true?
- (a) A single bacterium weighs approximately 1 × 10−11 grams.
- (b) On average there are 100 trillion microorganisms on any given human.
- (c) Microbes can only be found where people live.
- (d) There are more microbes in your mouth than all the people who have lived in the history of man.
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Microbiology: Principles and Explorations
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