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Mr. Olson arrived in the emergency department with his 10-month-old son. Mr. Olson states he had difficulty waking his son from a nap this afternoon. Additionally, the infant was unable to hold his spoon at dinner and did not seem to be chewing correctly. You observe that the patient has a very weak cry. Mr. Olson noted that the only difference in his son’s diet was the ingestion of fresh honey on his toast at breakfast yesterday. You suspect Clostridium botulinum infection due to the ingestion of bacterial endospores.
-A bacterium acquiring a new trait from a bacteriophage is a phenomenon called

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Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
  Mr. Olson arrived in the emergency department with his 10-month-old son. Mr. Olson states he had difficulty waking his son from a nap this afternoon. Additionally, the infant was unable to hold his spoon at dinner and did not seem to be chewing correctly. You observe that the patient has a very weak cry. Mr. Olson noted that the only difference in his son’s diet was the ingestion of fresh honey on his toast at breakfast yesterday. You suspect Clostridium botulinum infection due to the ingestion of bacterial endospores. 
-A bacterium acquiring a new trait from a bacteriophage is a phenomenon called

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Lysogenic conversion is the process in which a bacterium acquires a new trait encoded by a bacteriophage, which has integrated its DNA into the bacterial chromosome without causing cell lysis. This phenomenon is different from lytic conversion, which involves the expression of the bacteriophage genes resulting in cell lysis, and in vitro cultivation, which refers to the growth of microorganisms in a laboratory setting. The cytopathic effect is the visible damage or alteration in the infected host cell caused by a virus or other intracellular pathogen.

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