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 35, Problem 3CHI
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Infection may take place when microbes enter a host and compete for nutritional
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Prescott's Microbiology
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Ch. 35.2 - Describe several specific adhesins by which...Ch. 35.2 - What are virulence factors?Ch. 35.2 - What are pathogenicity islands and why are they...Ch. 35.2 - Prob. 4RIACh. 35.2 - What is a biofilm? How is it a virulence factor?Ch. 35.3 - Prob. 1RIACh. 35.3 - Define droplet nuclei, vehicle, fomite, and...Ch. 35.3 - Prob. 3RIACh. 35 - Prob. 1CHICh. 35 - Prob. 2CHICh. 35 - Prob. 3CHICh. 35 - Prob. 4CHICh. 35 - Prob. 5CHICh. 35 - Prob. 6CHI
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