Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
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Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3, Problem 12Q
Bacterial and archaeal chromosomes are not enclosed in a membrane-bound nucleus. You will learn about some advantages of this arrangement in another chapter, but can you think of some disadvantages?
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