Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)

Published by Benjamin Cummings
ISBN 10: 032191855X
ISBN 13: 978-0-32191-855-0

Chapter 15 - Innate Immunity - Questions For Review - Visualize It! - Page 470: 1e

Answer

Killing of microbes by enzymes and other chemicals.

Work Step by Step

Phagolysosomes contain antimicrobial substances, such as highly reactive, highly toxic forms of oxygen. These factors, along with 30 or so other enzymes, such as lipases, proteases, nucleases, and a variety of others, destroy the engulfed microbes.
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