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Flashcards by Katherine Havighorst, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Katherine Havighorst
about 5 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What are the main characteristics of normal flora? | -occupy space and keep other microbes out -must get past host defense -must compete with other microbes for resources -naturally derived antibiotics and bacteriocins are secreted to kill competitors -synthesize nutrients -most highly adapted to living in harmony with the host -those that cause acute disease may be maladapted |
| How does "disease" apply differently to the host and the pathogen? | Disease is the host's perspective Disease is incidental to the microbe |
| What are the 6 steps of host-microbe interaction? | Encounter Entry Spread Multiplciation Damage Outcome |
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