Diphtheria toxin is produced only by those strains of crynebacterium dyphtheriae that are
A. glucose fermenters
B. sucrose fermenters
C. lysogenic for beta-prophage
D. gram-positive
E. gram-negative
Ans: C. lysogenic for beta-prophage
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