Many Infectious Bacteria Have Regions of DNA Coding for Virulence

question 68

Multiple Choice

Many infectious bacteria have regions of DNA coding for virulence factors. These regions are called

• A) transposases.
• B) pathogenicity islands.
• C) inverted repeats.
• D) F plasmids.
• E) genome reductions.

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