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1. Pick one organism and answer these three questions: 1. What disease does the organism produce?

2. How does the organism cause disease (what cellular based mechanism(s) are employed by the microorganism?)?

3. What treatments are available to combat the microorganism (be sure to explain how these treatments work)?

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Based on what you have learned in this course, explain three things you will do differently with regards to keeping yourself healthy and free from disease? Justify each one with a rationale related to the course content.

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you were exposed to a wide variety of growth requirements for bacteria. Pick one factor (examples: temperature, pH, oxygen, etc.) and define the categories that bacteria can be placed into based on this factor.

A key for any species ability to thrive is the opportunity of genetic diversity. Though bacteria reproduce asexually, several modes exist that allow bacteria to diversify their genetic information. Pick two of those modes and describe how they work.