Ways in which microbes in the body might be destroyed include

a. phagocytosis
b. extracellular release of destructive lysosomal enzymes
c. release from macrophages of lactoferrin, which binds iron needed for bacterial multiplication
d. lysing of bacteria by the complement system's membrane attack complex
e. all of the above


E

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