Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781259709227
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 22, Problem 7Q
Contaminated water has
- a. lower biological oxygen demand than pure water.
- b. higher biological oxygen demand than pure water.
- c. the same biological oxygen demand as pure water.
- d. no demand for oxygen.
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Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
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