Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
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ISBN: 9781259709227
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 20, Problem 8Q
Summary Introduction
To determine:
The regions where anaerobes colonize the mouth for their survival.
Introduction:
Dental caries which is also called tooth decay is most common infectious disease of human being. It involves dissolution of solid tooth surface because of
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Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
Ch. 20.1 - Prob. 1AYPCh. 20.1 - List the natural defenses present in the...Ch. 20.1 - Prob. 1NPCh. 20.2 - List the types of normal biota presently known to...Ch. 20.2 - Describe how our view has changed of normal biota...Ch. 20.3 - List the possible causative agents, modes of...Ch. 20.3 - Prob. 6AYPCh. 20.3 - Prob. 7AYPCh. 20.3 - Identify the most important features of mumps,...Ch. 20.3 - Differentiate among the main types of hepatitis,...
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