Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
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Author: Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen
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Chapter 2, Problem 5MC
Pure water has all of the following properties except
a) polarity.
b) ability to dissolve lipids.
c) pH of 7.
d) covalent joining of its atoms.
e) ability to form hydrogen bonds.
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