BIOLOGY
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ISBN: 9781265202859
Author: BROOKER
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Chapter 27.5, Problem 1EQ
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To determine: The features of soil bacteria that attracted attention of researchers.
Introduction: Dantas and colleagues performed series of experiments on soil bacteria for identifying certain important features related to commercial importance of soil bacteria. During their experiment, they cultivated bacteria from eleven different soils forming a diverse collection of different species.
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Ch. 27.2 - Core Skill: Connections Look ahead to Section...Ch. 27.2 - Prob. 2CSCh. 27.2 - Structure and Movement Concept Check: Does the...Ch. 27.2 - Prob. 3CSCh. 27.3 - Prob. 1CCCh. 27.5 - Prob. 1EQCh. 27.5 - Prob. 2EQCh. 27 - Which of the following features is common to...Ch. 27 - The bacterial phylum whose members typically...Ch. 27 - Gram-staining is a procedure that microbiologists...
Ch. 27 - Place the following steps in the correct order,...Ch. 27 - What ecological role do cyanobacteria play? a....Ch. 27 - Prob. 6TYCh. 27 - Prob. 7TYCh. 27 - Prob. 8TYCh. 27 - Prob. 9TYCh. 27 - Prob. 10TYCh. 27 - Prob. 1CQCh. 27 - Prob. 2CQCh. 27 - Prob. 3CQCh. 27 - Prob. 1COQCh. 27 - Prob. 2COQ
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