Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 11.2, Problem 2RIA
Why is it to a cell’s advantage to catabolize diverse organic energy sources by funnelling them into a few common pathways?
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