Foundations in Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259705212
Author: Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 7.L1, Problem 13MCQ
13. Superoxide ion is toxic to strict anaerobes because they lack
a. catalase
b. peroxidase
c. dismutase
d. oxidase
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Superoxide ion is toxic to strict anaerobes because they lacka. catalase
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