Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781259709227
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 11, Problem 5Q
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The reason behind it is critical to have specific adhesive structures such as fimbriae for many bacteria.

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Adhesion can be defined as the process by which microbes and pathogens foothold on tissues of the host. As a consequence of dependency of the adhesion between both host and pathogen, a specific type of pathogen is limited to a specific type of cells.

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