Microbiology: An Introduction
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ISBN: 9780321929150
Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 4MCQ
Bacteria can acquire antibiotic resistance by all of the following except
- a. mutation.
- b. insertion of transposons.
- c. conjugation.
- d. snRNPs.
- e. transformation.
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Microbiology: An Introduction
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