PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism. Answer: 3 categories of symbiosis
◉ Mutualism. Answer: A relationship between two species in which
both species benefit
◉ Commensalism. Answer: Symbiotic relationship in which one
organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
◉ Parasitism. Answer: A relationship between two organisms of
different species where one benefits and the other is harmed
◉ Prokaryote. Answer: A unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus
and membrane bound organelles
◉ Eukaryote. Answer: A cell that contains a nucleus and membrane
bound organelles
,◉ coccus (cocci). Answer: round
◉ Streptococci. Answer: Chain
◉ Staphylococci. Answer: Cluster
◉ Bacillus. Answer: Rod
◉ Spirilla. Answer: Spiral
◉ 2 types of motility. Answer: Flagella
Cilia
◉ Simple stain. Answer: For determining basic shape and structure
◉ Gram +. Answer: Purple
◉ Gram -. Answer: Red
◉ Acid fast. Answer: used to identify members of teh genus
Myocobacterium
, ◉ Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Answer: Tuberculosis, affects lungs,
kidneys, bones, joints skin
◉ carbolfuchsin. Answer: Red dye that is retained by acid fast
bacteria
◉ Clostridium. Answer: Spore forming bacteria
◉ S. aureus. Answer: Staphylococcus
◉ S. pyogenes. Answer: Streptococcus
◉ Legionnaire's disease
Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Answer: Aerobic gram- bacilli
◉ Listeria monocytogenes (meningitis). Answer: Aerobic gram+
◉ Enterococcus. Answer: Facultative anaerobic gram+ cocci
◉ E. coli. Answer: Facultative anaerobic gram- bacilli