Packet 5: Tossup 14

One member of this genus engineered to break down hydrocarbons was the subject of a patent dispute in the Supreme Court case Diamond v. Chakrabarty. One member of this genus produces coronatine, which mimics jasmonates. Ice-nucleation (10[1])active proteins, or INAs, from a member of this genus can nucleate snow and hail. It’s not diphtheria, but a member of this genus secretes exotoxin A, which transfers an ADP-ribosyl (-5[2])group to elongation factor 2. Syringotoxins secreted by the syringae member of this genus create necrotic (-5[1])leaf spots. A member of this gram-negative (10[1])genus uses pelA through pelG genes to make an exopolysaccharide to form biofilms. One member of this genus (10[2])causes (10[1])hot tub folliculitis (10[1])and, like Burkholderia, colonizes cystic fibrosis patients. For 10 points, (-5[1])name this bacterial genus whose aeruginosa (10[2])species (10[4])causes (10[1]-5[1])ventilator-associated pneumonia. (10[2])■END■ (10[1]0[5])

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