Prescott's Microbiology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781260211887
Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Chapter 28.1, Problem 3.4CC
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Mercury compounds were generally used in industrial purposes. In Japan (southwestern) a devastating condition was developed when poisoning by a large-scale mercury compound took place in the Minamata Bay region. This is mainly due to the release of industrial mercury into the marine region.
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Ch. 28.1 - Prob. 1MICh. 28.1 - What microbes are capable of methanogenesis and...Ch. 28.1 - Prob. 1.1CCCh. 28.1 - Prob. 1.2CCCh. 28.1 - Prob. 1.3CCCh. 28.1 - Prob. 1.4CCCh. 28.1 - Prob. 1.5CCCh. 28.1 - What are the products of denitrification,...Ch. 28.1 - Prob. 2.1CCCh. 28.1 - Prob. 2.2CC
Ch. 28.1 - Prob. 2.3CCCh. 28.1 - Prob. 2.4CCCh. 28.1 - Prob. 4MICh. 28.1 - Prob. 5MICh. 28.1 - Compare the products of dissimilatory sulfate...Ch. 28.1 - Prob. 3.2CCCh. 28.1 - Prob. 3.3CCCh. 28.1 - Prob. 3.4CCCh. 28.1 - Suggest how a chemolithoautotroph might link the...Ch. 28.2 - What organisms benefit from nitrification?Ch. 28.2 - List three greenhouse gases. Discuss their...Ch. 28.2 - Prob. 2CCCh. 28.2 - How do changes in the nitrogen cycle caused by...Ch. 28.2 - Prob. 4CCCh. 28 - Prob. 1RCCh. 28 - Prob. 2RCCh. 28 - Prob. 3RCCh. 28 - Prob. 5RCCh. 28 - Prob. 6RCCh. 28 - Prob. 7RCCh. 28 - Prob. 8RCCh. 28 - Prob. 1ALCh. 28 - A bacterium isolated from sewage sludge was...Ch. 28 - Prob. 3ALCh. 28 - Prob. 4AL
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