Explain Why One Cell of a Pathogenic Bacterium by Itself

question 3

Essay

Explain why one cell of a pathogenic bacterium by itself typically does not secrete a toxin, despite the species as a whole being characterized as toxin producing. To help in your explanation, predict what would happen to an individual pathogen that secreted a toxin inside a human.

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Definitions:

Condemning

Expressing strong disapproval or censure of someone or something.

Status Generalization

A process through which differences in members’ status characteristics lead to different performance expectations and, hence, affect patterns of interaction in groups; the tendency for a member’s status inside a group to reflect his or her status outside that group.

Self-fulfilling Prophecy

A prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true due to positive feedback between belief and behavior.

Diffuse Status Generalization

The process by which individuals' status characteristics in one domain influence expectations and interactions in unrelated domains.