Explain how you would use Robert Koch's postulates to determine that Streptococcus pyogenes is the causative agent of streptococcal pharyngitis ("strep throat")

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Answers will vary but will need to detail how S. pyogenes will be subjected to all four postulates.

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process of dynamic adjustment, not toward any fixed goal.

a. True b. False

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a. pharynx b. neural crest c. oral hood d. notochord e. cranium

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Oil and natural gas are predominantly composed of the remains of

a. multicellular animals. b. phytoplankton. c. fungi. d. multicellular plants. e. gelatinous zooplankton.

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Considering the history of the Earth, would the water flow and precipitation patterns have been as they

are now? What will be an ideal response?

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