SciOly Microbe Jan 15th Quiz PDF

***Indicate true (T) and false (F) statements below regarding the human microbiota. Your*** ***answer would be a four-letter string composed of letters T and F only, e.g. TFTT.*** ( F ) The number of human cells in our body is greater than the number of bacterial, fungal, and protozoan cells of o...

***Indicate true (T) and false (F) statements below regarding the human microbiota. Your*** ***answer would be a four-letter string composed of letters T and F only, e.g. TFTT.*** ( F ) The number of human cells in our body is greater than the number of bacterial, fungal, and protozoan cells of our normal flora. ( T ) There are far more genes in our microbiome than in our own genome. ( T ) Infectious diseases currently cause more human deaths than cardiovascular diseases and cancers combined. ( ) All of the microorganisms that constitute the normal flora are nonpathogens 1. ( ) The number of human cells in our body is greater than the number of bacterial,fungal, and protozoan cells of our normal flora. ( ) There are far more genes in our microbiome than in our own genome. ( ) Infectious diseases currently cause more human deaths than cardiovascular diseases and cancers combined. ( ) All of the microorganisms that constitute the normal flora are nonpathogens 2\. Mycobacterium tuberculosis can cause tuberculosis, a life-threatening lung infection, butc an also infect an individual asymptomatically for years. It is not considered to be part of the normal flora, and can infect healthy individuals upon exposure. It can only replicate in the host and thus mainly spreads by direct human contact. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is therefore... A. a facultative primary pathogen. B. a facultative opportunistic pathogen. C. an obligate primary pathogen. D. an obligate opportunistic pathogen ICC  **CABD** 2. B