Bacteria That Resist Digestion by Phagocytes Use All of the Following

Question

Bacteria that resist digestion by phagocytes use all of the following mechanisms except:
A)produce capsule that can resist lysosomal digestion
B)block chemokines from reaching phagocytes
C)form parasitophorous vacuoles
D)produce streptolysin and leukocidin

Accepted Answer

Blocking chemokines from reaching phagocytes is not a mechanism used by bacteria to resist digestion by phagocytes. Chemokines are signaling proteins that attract cells, such as phagocytes, to sites of infection. Blocking chemokines would not directly help bacteria resist digestion once phagocytes have already engaged them. The other options (A, C, D) are mechanisms by which bacteria can evade or resist the actions of phagocytes.