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Cholera is caused by the gram-negative bacterium Vibrio ______, which secretes the cholera toxin (CT) that causes severe water low, vomiting and muscle cramps.
Cholera is caused by the gram-negative bacterium Vibrio ______, which secretes the cholera toxin (CT) that causes severe water low, vomiting and muscle cramps.
cholerae
Rous sarcoma, a cancer of tissues of mesodermal origin such as muscle or connective tissue, caused by the Rous sarcoma ______.
Rous sarcoma, a cancer of tissues of mesodermal origin such as muscle or connective tissue, caused by the Rous sarcoma ______.
retrovirus
Pertussis (whooping cough) is caused by ______ pertussis, a bacterium which secretes the disease-causing pertussis toxin.
Pertussis (whooping cough) is caused by ______ pertussis, a bacterium which secretes the disease-causing pertussis toxin.
Bordetella
______ survives by switching off the phagosome maturation process that macrophages use to kill infectious organisms.
______ survives by switching off the phagosome maturation process that macrophages use to kill infectious organisms.
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Bacterial dysentery is caused by ______ flexneri, which acts by interfering with the PIP2 regulation of actin remodeling and is also able to activate the PIP 3 – kinase signaling pathway.
Bacterial dysentery is caused by ______ flexneri, which acts by interfering with the PIP2 regulation of actin remodeling and is also able to activate the PIP 3 – kinase signaling pathway.
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