Self Quiz for Bacterial Pathogenesis: Factors that Promote Colonization of the Host
4. The Ability to Compete for Iron and Other Nutrients

Study the material in this section and then write out the answers to these question.
Do not just click on the answers and write them out. This will not test your understanding of this tutorial.

1. State why the ability to compete for iron is important for bacteria to cause disease. (ans)

2. Multiple Choice (ans)

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Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.

Last updated: October, 2018
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