WorksheetsMicrobiota
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following best defines microbiota?
Only harmful microorganisms in the body
Communities of microorganisms living in and on the human body
Only bacteria living in the gut
Parasites that cause infections
What is the primary function of microbiota?
Helping in protection, digestion, and immunity
Always causing infections
Destroying host tissues
Producing toxins only
Imbalance in microbiota is called:
Eubiosis
Probiotics
Antibiosis
Dysbiosis
Oral microbiota mainly forms:
Spores
Plaque
Pus
Biofilms
Oral microbiota plays a role in all except:
Digestion
Hormone Secretion
Oral Diseases
Immunity
Which of the following are produced by gut microbes from complex carbohydrates:
Amino acids
Ketones
Short-chain fatty acids
Medium-chain fatty acids
Which vitamins are synthesized by gut bacteria?
Vitamin E only
Vitamin K and Vitamin B
Vitamin A and Vitamin D
Vitamin A only
Antibiotics disrupt gut microbiota by:
Killing both harmful and beneficial bacteria
Increasing immunity
Increasing diversity
Killing only pathogens
Early life colonization of gut microbiota is affected by:
Mode of delivery and infant feeding
Blood type
Age of mother
Gender of infant
Skin microbiota protects against pathogens by:
Preventing oil secretion
Destroying immunity
Killing skin cells
Producing antimicrobial compounds
Which of following is a common bacterium of skin microbiota?
Escherichia coli
Bacillus anthracis
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Streptococcus pyogenes
Skin microbiota regulates immunity by:
Inducing inflammation
Educating immune system and preventing overreaction
Killing WBCs
Blocking lymph nodes
Gut dysbiosis is linked with which mental health issue?
Depression and anxiety
Schizophrenia only
Epilepsy
Bipolar disorder
The human body and its microbiota together are called:
Symbiosis
Micro-ecosystem
Superorganism
Colony
Which area of medicine is now focusing on microbiota research?
Traditional medicine
Microbiome therapies and probiotics
Surgery only
Radiology
