Acknowledgements |
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Abbreviations |
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Foreword |
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Chapter 1 Introduction Into Bacterial Physiology And Biochemistry |
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1.2 Bacteria in the phylogeny of living organisms and diversity of cell shapes |
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3 | (4) |
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1.4 Methods of studies of bacterial properties |
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Chapter 2 Bacterial Chemical Composition And Functional Cell Structures |
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2.1 Elemental composition |
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23 | (1) |
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2.2 Compounds composition |
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24 | (9) |
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33 | (3) |
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36 | (8) |
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44 | (6) |
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50 | (14) |
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2.7 Flagella, pilus, and fimbria |
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64 | (8) |
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72 | (5) |
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77 | (8) |
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85 | (6) |
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Chapter 3 Bacterial Nutrition And Growth |
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3.1 Basic sources of nutrition |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (2) |
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94 | (1) |
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95 | (3) |
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98 | (10) |
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108 | (2) |
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3.7 Transport of compounds across the plasma membrane |
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110 | (1) |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (4) |
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3.10 Transport of iron and its regulation |
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116 | (8) |
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3.11 Transport of proteins |
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124 | (2) |
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126 | (1) |
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3.13 Bacterial growth and multiplication |
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127 | (11) |
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3.13.1 Growth under conditions of static cultivation |
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130 | (3) |
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133 | (3) |
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3.13.3 Deviations from normal growth curve |
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136 | (2) |
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3.14 Multiplication of microorganisms under conditions of continuous (dynamic) cultivation |
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138 | (7) |
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3.15 Synchronous multiplication |
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145 | (1) |
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3.16 Bacterial cell cycle |
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146 | (5) |
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Chapter 4 Processes Of Cell Differentiation |
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151 | (8) |
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4.1 Characteristics of differentiation processes |
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151 | (2) |
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4.2 Polar differentiation in species of Caulobacter genus |
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153 | (3) |
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4.3 Differentiation of photosynthetic membranes in facultative phototrophic bacteria |
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156 | (1) |
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4.4 Formation of heterocyst in cyanobacteria under bound nitrogen deficiency |
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157 | (2) |
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Chapter 5 Bacterial Metabolism |
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5.1 Energy of biochemical reactions |
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160 | (3) |
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163 | (3) |
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5.3 Role of ATP and its formation in bacterial cells |
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166 | (7) |
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5.4 Types of phosphorylation |
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173 | (3) |
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5.5 Processes of catabolism |
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176 | (75) |
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5.5.1 Catabolism of carbon compounds and fermentation |
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177 | (2) |
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5.5.1.1 Ethanol fermentation |
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179 | (4) |
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5.5.1.2 Lactic acid fermentation |
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183 | (2) |
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5.5.1.3 Pentose sugars fermentation |
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185 | (3) |
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5.5.1.4 Propionic acid fermentation pathway |
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188 | (2) |
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5.5.1.5 Butyric acid fermentation and solvent formation |
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190 | (5) |
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5.5.1.6 Mixed acid fermentation pathway |
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195 | (3) |
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5.5.1.7 Fermentation of sugars and polysaccharides |
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198 | (1) |
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5.5.2 Anaerobic respiration |
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199 | (1) |
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5.5.2.1 Nitrate reduction and denitrification |
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199 | (3) |
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5.5.2.2 Sulfate reduction (desulfurization) |
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202 | (6) |
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5.5.2.3 Carbon (IV) oxide reduction to methane |
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208 | (2) |
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5.5.3 Aerobic respiration in chemolithotrophic bacteria |
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210 | (1) |
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5.5.3.1 Oxidation of ammonia |
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211 | (2) |
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5.5.3.2 Oxidation of reduced sulfur compounds |
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5.5.3.3 Oxidation of iron compounds |
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5.5.3.4 Oxidation of hydrogen |
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217 | (1) |
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5.5.3.5 Oxidation of methane |
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218 | (1) |
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5.5.4 Aerobic respiration in chemoorganotrophic bacteria |
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218 | (1) |
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5.5.4.1 Incomplete oxidation of substrate |
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219 | (1) |
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5.5.4.2 Complete oxidation of substrate |
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220 | (5) |
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5.5.4.3 Oxidation of saccharides and polysaccharides |
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225 | (2) |
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5.5.4.4 Oxidation of lipids |
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227 | (2) |
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5.5.4.5 Oxidation of hydrocarbons |
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229 | (4) |
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5.5.5 Catabolism of nitrogenous compounds |
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233 | (1) |
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5.5.5.1 Dissimilation of proteins and amino acids |
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233 | (1) |
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5.5.5.1.1 Anaerobic degradation (amino acid fermentation) |
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5.5.5.1.2 Aerobic (oxidative) catabolism of amino acids |
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240 | (6) |
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5.5.6 Catabolism of heterocyclic compounds |
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246 | (1) |
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5.5.6.1 Fermentation of heterocyclic compounds |
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246 | (3) |
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5.5.6.2 Oxidation of heterocyclic compounds |
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249 | (2) |
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5.6 Processes of anabolism (biosynthesis) |
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251 | (40) |
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5.6.1 Biosynthesis of saccharides |
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251 | (8) |
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5.6.2 Biosynthesis of lipids |
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259 | (6) |
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5.6.3 Consumption of CO2 by heterotrophic bacteria |
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265 | (3) |
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5.6.4 Fixation of molecular nitrogen |
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268 | (1) |
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5.6.5 Biosynthesis of amino acids |
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269 | (9) |
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5.6.6 Biosynthesis of nucleotides |
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278 | (4) |
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5.6.7 Biosynthesis of nucleic acids |
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282 | (3) |
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5.6.8 Biosynthesis of proteins |
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285 | (6) |
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5.7 Regulation of metabolism process |
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291 | (10) |
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5.7.1 Regulation of enzyme synthesis |
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292 | (5) |
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5.7.2 Regulation of enzymatic activity |
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297 | (1) |
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5.7.3 Specifics of regulation mechanisms |
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298 | (2) |
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5.7.4 Regulation of energetic metabolism |
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300 | (1) |
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5.8 Metabolism of phototrophic bacteria |
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301 | (10) |
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301 | (4) |
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305 | (6) |
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Chapter 6 Growth Of Microorganisms In Nature |
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311 | (14) |
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6.1 Microorganisms as part of the ecosystem |
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311 | (2) |
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6.2 Physiological role of microorganisms in ecosystems |
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313 | (2) |
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6.3 Intercellular and internal population interactions and quorum-sensing regulation of gene expression |
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315 | (4) |
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6.4 Luminescent bacteria and bioluminescence |
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319 | (6) |
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Chapter 7 Effect Of Environmental Factors On Bacterial Cells |
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325 | (36) |
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7.1 Effect of external factors on bacteria |
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325 | (3) |
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7.2 Mechanisms of the effect of environmental factors |
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328 | (20) |
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328 | (7) |
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335 | (10) |
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345 | (3) |
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7.3 Antibiotics and their mechanisms of action |
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348 | (13) |
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7.3.1 Antibiotics inhibiting cell wall synthesis |
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348 | (5) |
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7.3.2 Antibiotics disrupting the plasma membrane |
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353 | (1) |
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7.3.3 Antibiotics disturbing the metabolism of nucleic acids |
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354 | (1) |
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7.3.4 Antibiotics inhibiting protein synthesis |
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355 | (3) |
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7.3.5 Antibiotics affecting phosphorylation process |
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Recommended References |
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Index |
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