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4) Common commercial benefits of microorganisms include synthesis of
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5) What factors contribute to the rising incidence of antibiotic resistance?
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B) misuse of the specific drugs
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6) The formal system for classifying and naming organisms was developed by
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7) In the name Staphylococcus aureus, aureus is the
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