Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th Edition)
Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th Edition)
15th Edition
ISBN: 9780134261928
Author: Michael T. Madigan, Kelly S. Bender, Daniel H. Buckley, W. Matthew Sattley, David A. Stahl
Publisher: PEARSON
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The differentiation of the pathogenic bacterial genome with those of their less virulent or harmless relation usually reveals the chromosomal islands which encode factors of virulence includes toxins, special proteins, enzyme, other structures, molecules that can cause different symptoms of disease.

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