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Match the mode of transmission with the appropriate example.  

There are many examples of symbiotic relationships with microorganisms in nature, where both the organism and the microorganism benefit from the association.  Name one type.

BONUS question.  Match the bacteria with whether it is Gram positive or Gram negative.

While going through the diseases, I have shared many interesting histories with you.  Choose ONE.  Explain what happened (2 pts) and why it was (or was not!) interesting to you (2 pts).

Match the following methods of microbial control with how they work to inhibit or kill microbes.  Use each one once. 

A virus that infects bacteria is called a  _______

How does the protective antigen (PA) of anthrax help edema toxin (ET) and lethal toxin (LT) do their damage?

WORD BANK:  low, high, intoxication, infection (Spell the word correctly and do not add any spaces or it will mark wrong!) Staphylococcal food poisoning is an _______ and requires a  _______ dosage to make you sick.  Shigella is an  _______ and requires a  _______ dosage to make you sick.

Use the following scenario to answer the next 4 questions. Betty, a woman in her mid-thirties, is going into labor with her second child.  Her blood type is B-.  Her partner, Bud, is O+.  The baby seems fine, but when the placenta detaches, Betty begins to hemorrhage and needs blood.   Question 1:  What type of blood can Betty receive?  (choose all that apply)

the primary aim of industrial food canning is to kill off what organism?  If this is killed, usually everything else harmful has been killed as well.