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The causative agent that causes diphtheria is prophage-infected Corynebacterium diphtheriae, the prophage carries an exotoxin which induces cell death via which of the following mechanisms?

Fill in the blank: A(n) _______________ pathogen is less capable of producing disease. 

Which of the following is the most common bacteria that can be found in the last 2/3 of the small intestine and also the large intestine?

Fill in the blank: Pseudomembranous colitis is caused by overgrowth of Clostridium difficile due to long-term use of broad spectrum antibiotics that leads to the loss of microbial antagonism. C. difficile would be considered a(n) ________________ organism. 

Select all that apply: Adaptive immunity is obtained by:

Which of the following molecules is secreted by virus-infected cells and induces neighboring cell to produce antiviral protein (AVP)? 

An _________ is a specific area of an antigen that an antibody can bind to.

Please match the correct nucleic acid composition to each virus.

What is the name of the structure that is formed when two fungal haploid gametes unite but do not immediately fuse their nuclei?

Which of the following steps of viral replication does assembly of newly synthesized viral components into virions occur?