PRESCOTT'S MICROBIOLOGY
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Both acetate and CO2 can be used by methanogenic archaea to generate methane (CH4). How would you determine the source of carbon for methanogenesis in a waterlogged peat?
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Ch. 29.1 - What happens to the flow stream in fluorescence...Ch. 29.1 - Prob. 1CCCh. 29.1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 29.1 - Describe the rationale upon which the extinction...Ch. 29.1 - Prob. 4CCCh. 29.2 - Prob. 1MICh. 29.2 - Prob. 1CCCh. 29.2 - Prob. 2CCCh. 29.2 - Prob. 3CCCh. 29.2 - Prob. 4CC
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