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Chapter 11, Problem 7MCQ
Which of the following pairs is mismatched?
- a. anacrobic endospore-forming gram-positive rods—Clostridium
- b. facultatively anaerobic gram-negative rods—Escherichia
- c. facultatively anaerobic gram-negative rods—Shigella
- d. pleomorphic gram-positive rods—Corynebacterium
- e. spirochete—Helicobacter
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