________ Are Made by Certain Pathogens Such as Staphylococcus, Salmonella

question 10

Short Answer

________ are made by certain pathogens such as Staphylococcus, Salmonella, Escherichia coli, and Clostridium botulinum. These substances often travel in the bloodstream and cause disease symptoms.

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Definitions:

Glucose

A simple sugar and an important energy source in living organisms, also one of the main products of photosynthesis.

Bacterium's Resource

Bacterium's Resource refers to the nutrients and environmental conditions that support the growth and survival of bacteria.

Niche

The totality of an organism’s adaptations, its use of resources, and the lifestyle to which it is fitted in its community; how an organism uses materials in its environment as well as how it interacts with other organisms; also called ecological niche. See fundamental niche and realized niche.

Resource Partitioning

The reduction of competition for environmental resources such as food that occurs among coexisting species as a result of each species’ niche differing from the others in one or more ways.