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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List three greenhouse gases. Discuss their origins.
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Prescott's Microbiology
Ch. 28.1 - Prob. 1MICh. 28.1 - What microbes are capable of methanogenesis and...Ch. 28.1 - What are the products of denitrification,...Ch. 28.1 - Prob. 4MICh. 28.1 - Prob. 5MICh. 28.1 - Prob. 1.1RIACh. 28.1 - Prob. 1.2RIACh. 28.1 - Prob. 1.3RIACh. 28.1 - Prob. 1.4RIACh. 28.1 - Prob. 1.5RIA
Ch. 28.1 - Prob. 2.1RIACh. 28.1 - Prob. 2.2RIACh. 28.1 - Prob. 2.3RIACh. 28.1 - Prob. 2.4RIACh. 28.1 - Compare the products of dissimilatory sulfate...Ch. 28.1 - Prob. 3.2RIACh. 28.1 - Prob. 3.3RIACh. 28.1 - Prob. 3.4RIACh. 28.1 - Suggest how a chemolithoautotroph might link the...Ch. 28.2 - What organisms benefit from nitrification?Ch. 28.2 - List three greenhouse gases. Discuss their...Ch. 28.2 - Prob. 2RIACh. 28.2 - How do changes in the nitrogen cycle caused by...Ch. 28.2 - Prob. 4RIACh. 28 - Compare the production of N2 gas by...Ch. 28 - Prob. 2CHICh. 28 - A bacterium isolated from sewage sludge was...Ch. 28 - It is well documented that aquatic ecosystems have...
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