Bacterial capsules are (antiphagocytic/cytotoxic/exotoxic) virulence factors

What will be an ideal response?


antiphagocytic
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: The Nature of Infectious Disease
Learning Outcome: 14.14

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A. A curve that is initially quite flat, until it decreases steeply at old age. B. A curve that follows a linear (straight) line that keeps on decreasing as age increases. C. A curve that follows a linear (straight) line that keeps on increasing as age increases. D. A curve that is initially decreasing steeply, before stabilizing at low values until old age.

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What type of inheritance pattern does this gene exhibit?

You discover a new sunflower that has blue flowers instead of yellow. When you cross this blue variety with a common yellow variety you get blue and yellow speckled flowers. A. incomplete dominance B. codominance C. simple Mendelian inheritance D. either incomplete dominance or codominance E. sex-influenced dominance

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Which neurotransmitter stimulates skeletal muscle contraction, slows cardiac muscle contraction rate, and affects

mood and memory?

a. acetylcholine b. epinephrine c. dopamine d. serotonin e. an endorphin

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Amniocentesis is a procedure that is normally used

A. to change the sex of the fetus. B. to reduce the risk of genetic disease. C. for nourishing the fetus. D. for gene therapy. E. for diagnosis of genetic disorders.

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