Which of the following features of Salmonella prevent it from being phagocytosed?

a. Flagella

b. Invasins

c. Fimbriae

a. Flagella

Explanation:

Salmonella spp. is a motile enterobacteria with peritrichous flagella surrounding round the body of the bacterial organism. It is a type of bacterial infection that affects the walls of the gastrointestinal tracts. Movement in the gastrointestinal tracts is aided by the use of whip-like structure known as flagella and the use it as a defense mechanism from their host cells when they are about to be phagocytosized.

Phagocytosis is the action of using the plasma membrane to engulf a large partice, substance or organism in the cell.