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 5, Problem 10R
NAME IT What nutritional type is a colorless microbe that uses the Calvin cycle, uses H2 as the electron donor to its ETC, and uses elemental S as the final electron acceptor in the ETC?
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Microbiology: An Introduction (13th Edition)
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