Introduced disease causing organisms are especially dangerous to new environments because they can destroy the non-native host. This happens because the disease causing organisms

A. Are specialists and destroy the individual organisms that have not developed resistance
B. Have not evolved with this host to achieve the normal balance for long-term survival
C. Do not have natural predators
D. Are generalists and highly competitive
E. Are opportunists and in order to survive must out compete all other species


Answer: B

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