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Choose the term-definition pair that is mismatched? Select one: a. fimbriae - adherence to substrate b. capsules - antiphagocytic factor c. coagulase - dissolve fibrin clots d. leukocidins - damage white blood cells e. hemolysins - damage red blood cells

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(c)

Step-by-step explanation:

Coagulase does not dissolve fibrin clots.

Coagulase reacts with prothrombin in the blood, enabling the enzyme protease to convert fibrinogen, a plasma protein produced by the liver, to fibrin. Which then results in clotting of the blood.

However fibrin clots are dissolved by Plasminogen the inactive precursor of plasmin, a potent serine protease involved in the dissolution of fibrin blood clots.

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