Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134477206
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6, Problem 4MC
The most reactive of the four toxic forms of oxygen is _________________.
- a. the hydroxyl radical
- b. the peroxide anion
- c. the superoxide radical
- d. singlet oxygen
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Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (5th Edition)
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