09-28-2006, 12:05 AM
a 5 yr old boy is brought to the physician™s office because of pharyngitis. Culture of a swab from the throat grows a β-hemolytic gram-positive coccus in chains. Which components of the microbe is responsible for this organism™s shape?
a. glycoprotein
b. lipopolysaccharide
c. lipoteichoic acid
d. peptidoglycan
e. polysaccharide
f. teichoic acid
a. glycoprotein
b. lipopolysaccharide
c. lipoteichoic acid
d. peptidoglycan
e. polysaccharide
f. teichoic acid