Multiple Choice
Vibrio cholerae lives in water and gets toxin genes from a virus by phage conversion.The toxin kills the intestinal epithelial cells in the human host,resulting in massive diarrhea.Untreated cholera has about a 50% mortality rate.How do the bacteria benefit?
A) Diarrhea helps the bacteria to spread from person to person.
B) Killing humans provides nutrients for the bacteria.
C) They don't -- humans are not the main host and their symptoms are maladaptive for the bacteria.
D) The bacteria reproduce faster in a dead human.
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