Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780134832302
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 19, Problem 11MC
Which of the following is not characteristic of mycoplasmas?
- a. cytochromes
- b. sterols in cytoplasmic membranes
- c. use of UGA codon for tryptophan
- d. rRNA
nucleotide sequences similar to those of Gram-positive bacteria
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