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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Why are diatoms and magnetotactic bacteria of interest to nanotechnologists? What do you think might be special challenges when growing these microbes for industrial applications?
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Chapter 42 Solutions
Prescott's Microbiology
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