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 8.6, Problem 4RIA
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Briefly describe the phenol coefficient test.
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Prescott's Microbiology
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