Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 32.3, Problem 2.4RIA
What is the role of pH in determining the microbiota of the stomach, and what is the role of microbiota in determining the pH of the vagina?
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Prescott's Microbiology
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