What do the bacteria that cause botulism, tetanus, and diphtheria have in common? Multiple Choice Each of these diseases is caused by obligately anaerobic bacteria. Vaccines are widely used to prevent each of these diseases. Each of these bacteria make an exotoxin that is responsible for the disease. Each of these diseases is caused by an endospore forming bacterial species
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