How is Listeria monocytogenes capable of spreading in the body?

A) The bacteria initiate apoptosis in the cell and spread to other cells in the vesicles that are released from the dying cell.
B) After being phagocytized, the bacteria initiates apoptosis in the cell and spreads to other cells in the vesicles that are released from the dying cell.
C) Actin in the cytoskeleton propels the bacteria into an adjacent cell.
D) It evades the immune system by adhering to cells, being phagocytized, and then breaking out of the phagosome into the cytoplasm.
E) The bacteria initiate apoptosis in the cell and spread to other cells in the vesicles that are released from the dying cell, and actin in the cytoskeleton propels the bacteria into an adjacent cell.


Answer: C

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