PRESCOTT'S MICROBILOGY
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Chapter 21.4, Problem 2.5CC
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Prochlorophytes are a significant group of cyanobacteria. The three genera of prochlorophytes are Prochloron, Prochlorococcus, and Prochlorothrix. These three genera are quite different from each other. Bacteria that falls under the genus Prochloron were discovered as symbionts whereas, Prochlorothrix are free-living.
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Ch. 21.4 - Prob. 2.3CCCh. 21.4 - Describe how a vegetative cell, a heterocyst, and...Ch. 21.4 - Prob. 2.5CCCh. 21.4 - Prob. 2.6CCCh. 21.5 - Prob. 1MICh. 21.5 - Prob. 2MICh. 21.5 - Prob. 1CCCh. 21.5 - Prob. 2CCCh. 21.5 - What might have been some of the culture...Ch. 21.5 - Prob. 4CCCh. 21.5 - Prob. 5CCCh. 21.7 - Prob. 1MICh. 21.8 - Prob. 1CCCh. 21.8 - Prob. 2CCCh. 21.8 - Prob. 3CCCh. 21.8 - Why are cytophagas ecologically important?Ch. 21.8 - Prob. 5CCCh. 21 - Prob. 1RCCh. 21 - Prob. 2RCCh. 21 - Prob. 3RCCh. 21 - Prob. 4RCCh. 21 - Prob. 5RCCh. 21 - Prob. 6RCCh. 21 - Prob. 7RCCh. 21 - The cyanobacterium Anabaena grows well in liquid...Ch. 21 - Compare the structural and functional differences...Ch. 21 - Prob. 3ALCh. 21 - Prob. 4ALCh. 21 - Prob. 5AL
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