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 12.4, Problem 5RIA
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What would happen to a cell if it did not produce any autolysins? What if it produced too many in an unregulated fashion?
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Prescott's Microbiology
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