Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780134832302
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 20, Problem 1MC
The presence of lipid A in the outer membranes of Gram-negative bacteria ________.
- a. affects the formation of blood clots in the host
- b. causes these bacteria to be oxidase positive
- c. triggers the secretion of a protease enzyme to cleave lgA in mucus
- d. enables enteric bacteria to ferment glucose anaerobically
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