Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (5th Edition)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780134477206
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 4, Problem 6SA
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To describe the three characteristics of a “specific epithet”.
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The binomial nomenclature has a genus and a species name. Specific epithet is referred to as the second part of the binomial name of a species. It differs the species from the others having the same genus.
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Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (5th Edition)
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