Staphylococcus epidermidis is a common contaminant in clinical specimens because a. it inhabits the skin and is an obligate aerobe. A pathogen must have a reservoir to a. attach to cells b. gain a food source. Diseases acquired by an insect bite are transmitted by a. the endogenous route. Parenteral transmission occurs by each of the following ways except a. penetration of skin by a contaminated needle b. food-borne disease. Ability to live and reproduce inside of host cells e. Motility 28.
Capsules increase bacterial virulence because a.
Candida albicans is a yeast that is part of normal microflora. Normal microflora of the nasopharyx a. are all mutualistic. An anti-bacterial enzyme found in tears and other fluids is a. bacteriocin. A compromised host is one in which a. some infection has become lethal. They are phagocytes.