Which of the following virulence factors directly contributes to severe inflammation?

A) coagulase
B) lipid A
C) hyaluronidase
D) kinase
E) collagenase


B

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Which type of medium would be the best choice when shipping a sample of bacteria from a clinic to a laboratory for testing?

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What is a codon?

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