Multiple Choice
You have found a mutant of Streptococcus pneumoniae that has lost the ability to produce a capsule.If you inject this strain into a population of healthy mice,what prediction can you make about the consequences?
A) The mice will remain healthy.
B) The mice will die of pneumonia.
C) The mice will get a severe case pneumonia and recover.
D) The infection in the mice will respond to antiviral medication.
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