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 11.9, Problem 1RIA
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Briefly discuss the ways in which microorganisms degrade and use common monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides from both external and internal sources.
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