18.6 Flashcards
(5 cards)
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Toxin
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Chemical that disrupts homeostasis
1
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What do all Pathogens due to the human body?
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Distupt homoeostasis
2
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How does the bacteria staphylococcus and clostridium botulinum make their host sick?
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Food poisoning
S.A. Transfers to cooked food from nasal passages via unwashed hands
Cooked and unrefridgerated food let’s bacteria multiply
CB is from canned foods where spores were exposed to food before being sealed, produces deadly toxin
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And tie biotics
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Chemicals kill or slow growth of bacteria
4
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What happens if bacteria become resistant to antibiotics?
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Bacteria and diseases come incurable
