What does microbial adherence to mucosal surface require?

A. A receptor on target cell
B. A ligand/adhesin molecule on the microbe
C. Both, a receptor on target cell and a ligand/adhesin molecule on the microbe
D. A chemikine/cytokine receptor on target cell


Ans: C. Both, a receptor on target cell and a ligand/adhesin molecule on the microbe

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Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.

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Which sequence of the neural signaling pathway is correctly arranged from the earliest to the latest event as it occurs in

the nervous system?

a. integration, transmission, reception, response, transmission b. transmission, response, reception, transmission, integration c. response, reception, transmission, integration, transmission d. reception, transmission, integration, transmission, response e. transmission, integration, transmission, reception, response

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Identify the individual who disproved spontaneous generation by using a swan-neck flask to show that air and dust were the source of microbes.

A) Carl Woese B) Theodore Schwann C) John Needham D) Louis Pasteur

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a. true b. false

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