7. What are some mechanisms
by which pathogenic bacteria
cause diseases? Why is this
knowledge important?

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Pathogenic bacteria have
known as virulence that help
them parasite their host.
bacteria have fimbriae, -like
structures that attach bacterial cell
to host tissue. There bacteria
specialized in parasitism.
Other bacteria toxins, molecules
that disease; in some , the
bacterial population causes food
contamination toxins. Generally,
bacterial is caused by
population growth with and
destruction of or by bacterial
that contaminate the .