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Capsules and slime layers are found deep to the cell wall and protect the cell or otherwise allow it to attach to a surface.    

____ is recognized for making the connection between a particular microbe and the disease that particular microbe causes.   

Plasma cells are responsible for antibody formation.   

In the scientific name of the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Neisseria is the ________.   

Lab question: A particular microbial control agent weakens and destroys peptidoglycan. This would specifically damage or interfere with ____.   

Both Lipid A and the O Antigen of Gram-positive bacteria are responsible for the host’s immune response.   

An enzyme is necessary in many biochemical reactions in order to increase the activation energy requirements of the reaction.   

SHORT ANSWER QUESTION #3: According to course materials only, list and briefly explain the four criteria established by Robert Koch and used to identify the causative agent of a particular disease. (4pts)

The codon of a tRNA molecule dictates which amino acid the tRNA molecule carries.   

A microbe that has the ability to grow in the presence of O2 or in the absence of O2, using O2 when it is available, is called a(n) ___________.