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What is pathoadaptation?
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?
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?
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?
What is the significance of pathoadaptation?
What is spontaneous mutation?
What is spontaneous mutation?
Which process involves genetic changes that enhance a bacterium's ability to colonize, evade the host's immune system, and exploit host resources?
Which process involves genetic changes that enhance a bacterium's ability to colonize, evade the host's immune system, and exploit host resources?
What is the term for the process by which pathogenic bacteria evolve and adapt to better survive and cause disease within a host organism?
What is the term for the process by which pathogenic bacteria evolve and adapt to better survive and cause disease within a host organism?
Which genetic process involves promoter inversion and slipped strand synthesis?
Which genetic process involves promoter inversion and slipped strand synthesis?
What type of genetic change is a dynamic and complex interplay between the pathogen and its host environment?
What type of genetic change is a dynamic and complex interplay between the pathogen and its host environment?
At stressful conditions, what phenotype do a subpopulation of bacteria start to show?
At stressful conditions, what phenotype do a subpopulation of bacteria start to show?
