Pathogenicity islands are

A. enzymes like proteases and hemolysins that promote pathogenesis.
B. gene clusters that confer the ability to become pathogenic.
C. a lymphoid tissue present in the small intestine.
D. closely related groups of pathogenic enteric organisms.


Answer: B

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