Microbes known as transient microbiota are
A) microorganisms that remain with the person throughout life.
B) microorganisms that may cause a disease under certain circumstances.
C) organisms that remain in the body for a short time.
D) unsuccessful microbial invaders because of the presence of preexisting microbes.
E) sources of microbial contamination.
C
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Plasmodium falciparum is a protistan parasite, borne by mosquitoes, that constitutes a serious health problem for humans. The disease it causes is:
A. diabetes B. malaria C. yellow fever D. dengue fever E. Lyme disease
Please match the term with its description.
Complete removal or destruction of all microbial forms A) Sterilization B) Disinfection C) Antisepsis D) Asepsis E) Sanitization
In a natural population of diverse slow-growing prokaryotic cells, what type of viruses would you expect to be most common?
A) lytic bacteriophages B) enveloped viruses C) icosahedral viruses D) temperate bacteriophages
Murine toxin is a ________ that plays a role in both the murine and human forms of the disease
A) Yersinia pestis endotoxin B) Rickettsia prowazekii endotoxin C) Yersinia pestis exotoxin D) Rickettsia prowazekii exotoxin