Prescott's Microbiology
Prescott's Microbiology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781260211887
Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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1. How did the methods used to classify microbes change, particularly in the last half of the twentieth century? What was the result of these technological advances?

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