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Date: 24.12.2008
Infectious pathogens like **Salmonella typhimurium** employ a startling array of techniques to skillfully outwit the body's defense mechanisms and produce illness. Through their expression of genes—the fundamental building blocks of cellular physiology—such microbes ingeniously adapt to varied environments, modifying their disease-causing potential or **virulence**.
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