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  #1

a 5 year old bot is brought to the physicians office because of pharyngitis
culture of a swab from the throat grows a beta hemolitic gram positive coccus in chains
Which of the following components of the microbe is resposible for this organism's shape ?

a.-glycoprotein
b.-lipopolysaccharide
c.-lipoteichoic acid
d.-peptidoglycan
e.-polysaccharide
f.-teichoic acid

  #2

D?

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  #3

I think so too,unless someone has a different opinion

D

  #4

it is D
Mycoplasma has no cell wall thats why it is so flexible and can come into many shapes
so it has smth to do with the cell wall, and PG is a major component of G+

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  #5

D..

  #6

im not jumping on the band wagon here. Doesnt a polysaccharide capsule do something beside prevent phagocytosis?

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  #7

Cedrick good q!! Incorporating morphology, biochemistry, microbiology, immuno, and of course path + and using deductive reasoning. This is what its about! We should beat this particular q & DIS-EASE into the ground. comments? nod

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  #8

Thanks







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