All of the Following Are True About Bacteriocins Except

question 2

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true about bacteriocins except

• A) Nisin is a bacteriocin used as a food preservative.
• B) The genes coding for them are on plasmids.
• C) Bacteria that produce bacteriocins are resistant to their own bacteriocins.
• D) They cause food poisoning symptoms.
• E) None of the above.

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Definitions:

Seminiferous Tubules

Seminiferous tubules are tightly coiled structures within the testes where spermatogenesis, the production of sperm, occurs.

Testes

Male gonads that produce sperm and the male sex hormones.

Scrotum

Saclike structure of a male that houses the testes.

Sperm Duct

Also known as the vas deferens, it is a tube that carries sperm from the epididymis to the ejaculatory ducts in anticipation of ejaculation.