Self Quiz for Bacterial Pathogenesis: An Overview

Self Quiz for Bacterial Pathogenesis: An Overview and Quorum Sensing

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

1. Define pathogenicity. (ans)

2. Define virulence. (ans)

3. Even though a microorganism may be considered pathogenic, it still may not be able to cause disease upon entering the body. Discuss why. (ans)

4. Define and briefly describe the overall process of quorum sensing in bacteria and how it may enable bacteria to behave as a multicellular population. (ans)

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