Microbiology: An Introduction (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134605180
Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case, Derek Weber, Warner Bair
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 4, Problem 9MCQ
You have isolated a motile, gram-positive cell with no visible nucleus. You can assume this cell has
- a. ribosomes.
- b. mitochondria.
- c. an endoplasmic reticulum.
- d. a Golgi complex.
- e. all of the above
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Microbiology: An Introduction (13th Edition)
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