Examine the graph illustrating the effects of a microbial control agent applied
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Examine the graph illustrating the effects of a microbial control agent applied to host tissue. Which explanation is most plausible for why microbes survive better in denser tissues?
answer choices:
(a) The antimicrobial compounds cannot diffuse through the dense tissue very well.
(b) The microbes are producing resistances as they penetrate host tissues.
(c) The antimicrobial compound is being used up as it is killing the microbes.
(d) Denser tissues are simply too hot for the antimicrobial compounds.
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(a) The antimicrobial compounds cannot diffuse through the dense tissue very well.
SEEMS TO BE MOST PLAUSIBLE EXPLINATION.
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