Speculate on why eliminating adhesin genes genetically might have a much less drastic effect on 50% lethal dose (LD50) values than eliminating genes for invasion or escape from the phagosome. In the...

Speculate on why eliminating adhesin genes genetically might have a much less drastic effect on 50% lethal dose (LD50) values than eliminating genes for invasion or escape from the phagosome.

In the introduction to the chapter, we state that bacteria with different disease MOs have different sets of virulence traits. From the examples given in the chapter, identify a few examples illustrating this statement.