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 12.7, Problem 5RIA
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Sterols are lipids, having multiple ring structure. Eukaryotic membranes are made up of sterols, whereas archaeal membranes are made up of isoprenoid lipids. Isoprenoids lipids are made up of isoprene units from two to many thousand. Isoprene is an
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Prescott's Microbiology
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