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Genetic Modification and Pathogen Evolution Quiz

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What is pathoadaptation?

The process by which bacteria adapt to antibiotic treatment

The process by which bacteria adapt to survive in the environment

The process by which pathogenic bacteria evolve to better survive and cause disease within a host organism (correct)

The process by which non-pathogenic bacteria evolve into pathogenic bacteria

What are the slow genetic processes involved in genetic change and diversification?

Point mutations, gene duplication, gene deletion (correct)

Antigenic variation, gene duplication, gene deletion

Point mutations, phase variation, horizontal gene transfer

Antigenic variation, phase variation, horizontal gene transfer

What is an example of rapid genetic processes in genetic change and diversification?

Point mutations, gene duplication, gene deletion

Gene deletion, horizontal gene transfer, point mutations

Phase variation, antigenic variation, horizontal gene transfer (correct)

Gene duplication, phase variation, antigenic variation

What is the significance of pathoadaptation?

Enhances the bacterium's ability to colonize, evade the host's immune system, and exploit host resources Signup and view all the answers

What is spontaneous mutation?

At stressful conditions, a subpopulation of bacteria starts to show a hypermutable phenotype Signup and view all the answers

Which process involves genetic changes that enhance a bacterium's ability to colonize, evade the host's immune system, and exploit host resources?

Antigenic variation Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process by which pathogenic bacteria evolve and adapt to better survive and cause disease within a host organism?

Pathoadaptation Signup and view all the answers

Which genetic process involves promoter inversion and slipped strand synthesis?

Phase variation Signup and view all the answers

What type of genetic change is a dynamic and complex interplay between the pathogen and its host environment?

Pathoadaptation Signup and view all the answers

At stressful conditions, what phenotype do a subpopulation of bacteria start to show?

Hypermutable phenotype Signup and view all the answers