What Is the Difference Between Adherence and Colonization

question 79

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between adherence and colonization?

• A) Colonization occurs when transient microbes are on a tissue, whereas adherence is a more permanent attachment to cells.
• B) Colonization occurs when microbes begin to spread in host tissues, whereas adherence occurs when microbes initially attach.
• C) Colonization occurs when microbes begin to spread in host tissues, whereas adherence occurs when microbes first begin to reproduce in the host tissues.
• D) Colonization occurs when a microbe begins to grow in host tissues whereas adherence occurs when the microbe initially attaches.

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