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Can bacteria causes disease?
Less then 1 percent cause disease. Disease causing bacteria produce toxins- powerful chemicals that damage cells and make you ill.
How would you describe a bacteria that is pathogenic?
A pathogenic bacteria is capable of causing disease in its host organism by invading tissues and compromising the host's immune response. It can produce toxins or release harmful enzymes that contribute to the development of illness or infection.
What organism produces disease?
bacterium Not all bacteria produce disease, viruses do too. It would be called a pathogen.
When bacteria produce a disease by making a chemical that is released from the bacterial cell the chemical is known as what?
toxin
What did Frederick Griffith what to learn about bacteria?
Griffith wanted to learn how certain types of bacteria produce a serious lung disease know as pneumonia.
Describe two ways bacteria can produce disease in humans?
Bacteria can produce disease in humans by releasing toxins that damage cells and tissues, leading to symptoms such as fever, inflammation, and organ dysfunction. Additionally, some bacteria can invade and multiply within the body, causing direct physical damage to tissues and triggering an immune response that contributes to disease.
What do you call a substances that contains weakened bacteria or viruses that is injected to produce immunity to a disease?
These substances are called "vaccines".
What Transgenic bacteria can be used to produce?
Genetically modified bacteria can be used to produce. This is a transgenic bacteria.
What are benefits associated with bacteria found in the human body?
Bacteria in the intestine feed on indigestible carbohydrates and as a byproduct produce certain vitamins. "Friendly" bacteria colonize the gut, preventing disease causing bacteria from finding places to colonize.
Disease producing bacteria comes from what kingdom?
Disease-producing bacteria come from the kingdom Bacteria.
Is lyme disease a virus or bacteria?
Lyme disease is caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi
Does bacteria produce toxins?
Yes. Bacteria do produce toxins. Usually gram positive bacteria produce exo-toxins and gram negative bacteria produce endo-toxins.
