Microbiology: An Introduction
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Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case
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Chapter 10, Problem 2MCQ
Bacillus and Lactobacillus are not in the same order. This indicates that which one of the following is not sufficient to assign an organism to a taxon?
- a. biochemical characteristics
- b. amino acid sequencing
- c. phage typing
- d. serology
- e. morphological characteristics
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Microbiology: An Introduction
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