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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MICRO INQUIRY Why is it advantageous to have the Bt toxin inactive until it reaches the insect gut?
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