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Help please? i want to know what are the conditions corynebacterium diphtheriae is able to grow and reproduce?
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Unclear: The diphtheria bacillus grows best in the throat and sometimes in the skin. The disease is cause by a toxin produced by the organism and the vaccine usually keeps you from becoming ill and especially from dying
Answered 5/26/2015
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