Which of the Following Strategies Is Used by Listeria Monocytogenes,a

question 156

Multiple Choice

Which of the following strategies is used by Listeria monocytogenes,a bacterium that causes meningitis,to avoid being destroyed by a lysosome's fusion with the phagosome in which it was ingested?

• A)The bacterium allows fusion with the lysosome,but the acidic pH cannot destroy it.
• B)The bacterium inhibits fusion of the phagosome with a lysosome.
• C)The bacterium allows fusion with the lysosome,but the lysosomal enzymes cannot destroy it.
• D)The bacterium produces proteins that destroy lysosomal membrane integrity so that the bacterium can escape into the cell cytosol.
• E)The bacterium neutralizes the enzymes in the lysosome.

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