Brock Biology of Microorganisms (14th Edition)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780321897398
Author: Michael T. Madigan, John M. Martinko, Kelly S. Bender, Daniel H. Buckley, David A. Stahl, Thomas Brock
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 15, Problem 2AQ
Microorganisms can have a variety of different relationships with oxygen. Describe the terms used to characterize a cell’s response to oxygen, and give an example from this chapter of an organism that can be described by each of these terms.
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