PRESCOTT'S MICROBIOLOGY
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ISBN: 2818440045677
Author: WILLEY
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 23.3, Problem 1MI
The presence of an electron transport chain in a strictly fermentative microbe is unusual. Describe how this microbe uses its ETC and how this differs from a respiratory microbe.
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PRESCOTT'S MICROBIOLOGY
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