Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259709999
Author: Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 25, Problem 7MC
Which statement about Yersinia pestis is false?
a) Conditions inside human phagocytes activate virulence genes.
b) The bacterium can form biofilms in the flea
c) Yops (proteins) increase phagocytosis.
d) The organism resembles a safety pin in certain stained preparations.
e) It was responsible for the "black death" in Europe during the 1300s.
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