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Question 15 • Biology - SC3209 IC

Which of the following statements are part of Koch’s Postulates? Check all that apply.

Answer
A
The disease-causing microorganism must be present in at least half of the cases of disease.
B
The microorganism can be isolated and grown in a pure culture.
C
The microorganism from the pure culture will cause the disease in at least 80% of healthy organisms.
D
A re-isolated microorganism may evolve into a different species than the original.

Explanation

Koch’s Postulates include isolating the suspected microorganism from a diseased organism and growing it in a pure culture. The microorganism should then cause disease in a healthy, susceptible host, and the same microorganism should be recovered again. Choice B, “The microorganism can be isolated and grown in a pure culture,” is part of the postulates; the postulates do not use a half-of-cases or 80% threshold, and the re-isolated microorganism should not be a different species.

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