NESTER'S MICROBIOLOGY
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Author: Anderson
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Chapter 10, Problem 9MC
The sequence of which ribosomal genes are most commonly used for establishing phylogenetic relatedness?
a) 5S
b) 16S
c) 23S
d) All of these are commonly used.
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