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11th Edition
ISBN: 9781260408997
Author: Joanne Willey
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Higher Education (us)
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Chapter 21.8, Problem 2CC
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The genus Bacteroides includes Gram-negative, obligate anaerobic bacteria. Most of the species classified under this genus have been reassigned to other genera. For example, Porphyromonas. These bacteria are abundantly seen in the human feces. In contrast, they are present in a very low number in the animal feces.
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Ch. 21.3 - In what ways are members of Aquifex and Thermotoga...Ch. 21.3 - Prob. 2CCCh. 21.3 - Design an experiment designed to explore the role...Ch. 21.3 - Explain the relationship between genome size and...Ch. 21.4 - Which of the phototrophs discussed perform...Ch. 21.4 - Prob. 1.2CCCh. 21.4 - Compare the capacity of green nonsulfur...Ch. 21.4 - Why do you think NH3 is converted to the amino...Ch. 21.4 - Prob. 2.1CCCh. 21.4 - Prob. 2.2CC
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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