While working with a broth culture of archaea in the laboratory, you accidentally spill some of the microorganisms on yourself. Do you need to be concerned about developing an infection? Why or why not?

a. No; archaea are not pathogenic.
b. Yes; certain archaea can be pathogenic, so an infection could occur.
c. Yes; all infectious prokaryotes are archaea.
d. No; archaea are prokaryotic, so they cannot cause infection.


Ans: a. No; archaea are not pathogenic.

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