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Digital Resources for Mic Smartworks C Secure https//digitalwwnorton.com/ Graded Ch 10 Homework 46% 04/04/18 1st attempt Part 1 (0.3 point) If the bacteria from Fabrice's lesions were Gram-stained, the spirochete would appear which color? Choose one: A. Purple B. Blue O C. Green ° D. Pink Part 2 (0.3 point) Would it be possible for someone with yaws to infect someone else and cause syphili Choose one: o A. Yes, but with low probability because of minimal contact between arm lesions and genitalia B. No, because diferent subspecies of Teponerna panidumcause these C. Yes, with ease, because Treponema pallidum causes both, so cross infection is possible D. Impossible to tel once Treponema palliduminfects, disease type depends on infection site K12/14> 9OF 14 This PC

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Part 1

If the bactria from Fabrice’s lesion were gram stained, the spirochete would appear which colour

Answer Pink

Because The structural design of the spirochete cell wall is like to that of gram negative bacteria, it contains a peptidoglycan layer sandwiched between lipid inner and outer membranes. As gram-negative bacteria have a thinner layer so do not retain the purple stain and are counter-stained pink by safranin.

So Pink Colour

Part 2

Would it be possible for someone with yaws to infect someone else and cause syphilis

Answer: No because different subspecies of Treponema pallidum cause these two diseases.

Yaws is transmitted by direct contact with the skin sores of infected people. The causative organism of Yaws is a bacterium viz. Treponema pertenue, a subspecies of Treponema pallidum that causes venereal syphilis. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection. T. pallidum manifests in different ways depending on environmental conditions and other factors.