Prescott's Microbiology
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ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 9.1, Problem 2RIA
Louis Pasteur is often credited with saying, “Chance favors the prepared mind.” How does this apply to Fleming?
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