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Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
There is an outbreak of watery diarrhea in six members of a party of 20 who ate at a Chinese restaurant the day before. Fried rice is implicated. What is the most likely causative agent?
Bacillus cereus
Giardia lamblia
Staphylococcus aureus
Escherichia coli
Salmonella enteritidis
In which of the following phases of growth is a Gram-positive bacterium most susceptible to the action of penicillin?
Lag
Exponential
Stationary
Decline
Death
Subviral particles best described as non-self-replicating ssRNAS
Prions
Virions
Virusoids
Virus
Typically flask-shaped lesion of Amoebiasis is usually seen in
Amoebic colitis
Amoebic liver abscess
Amoebiasis cutis
Acute amoebiasis
B-lactam drugs bind to penicillin-binding proteins to halt the synthesis of peptidoglycan. Where are these proteins located?
In the cytoplasm
In the cytoplasmic membrane
In the periplasmic space
In the peptidoglycan itself
In the capsule
What is the only Schistosome that produces urinary tract disease?
S. japonicum
S. mansoni
S. haematobium
S. mekongi
Bacterial fimbriae present on the outer cell surface are used for:
cellular activity
sexual reproduction
cell wall synthesis
adherence to surfaces
adherence, and exchange of genetic information
Which were the investigators lived at the same time?
Koch and Pasteur
Van Leeuwenhoek and Hesse
Fleming & Hooke
Hooke & Berg
The major constituents in agar are
Lipids
Amino acids
Polysaccharides
Polypeptides
The first phase of a growth curve is
Log phase
Lag Phase
Death Phase
Stationary phase
Bacteria which need oxygen for growth are called
Thermophiles
Microaerophiles
Facultative anaerobes
Anaerobes
