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A Bacterium Has the Following Characteristics

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A bacterium has the following characteristics:
∙ It adheres to the human intestinal lining using a feature that protects it from phagocytes, bacteriophages, and dehydration
∙ It can survive being boiled
∙ It contains no plasmids and relatively little peptidoglycan
Which of the following characteristics allows this bacterium to adhere to the intestinal lining?


Definitions:

Fracture

A break or crack in a bone often caused by trauma, overuse, or disease.

Greenstick Fracture

A type of bone fracture typically seen in children, where the bone bends and partially breaks rather than completely separating.

Closed Fracture

A type of bone fracture where the skin over the broken bone remains intact.

Comminuted Fracture

A type of bone break where the bone is shattered into several small fragments.

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