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The flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, destroys healthy tissue. Infectious agents such as this are best classified as what kind of environmental factor? Abiotic environmental Biotic environmental Genetic Pathogenic

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Vibrio vulnificus is a Gram-negative, motile, curved rod-shaped bacillus. It is a pathogenic bacteria of the genus Vibrio. it is related to V. cholerae which is the causative agent of cholera. It can result in a severe, fulminant systemic infection.

Answer - Pathogenic

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