Think-Pair-Share Questions

1. Briefly describe how bacterial quorum sensing may play a role in pathogenicity by:

a) Promoting colonization of a new host by bacteria that have just entered the body.

b) Enabling the bacterium to persist within that host once they have colonized.

c) Allowing some of the bacteria to spread to a new location within a host or to a new host.

2. Briefly describe how the ability to produce a type 3 secretion system might play a role in a pathogen colonizing the body and causing an infection.