NBDE MICROBIOLOGY Questions and
Answers
Bacteria 77/169 - correct answers✅✅
Actinomyces naeslundii - correct answers✅✅Branching, Filamentous,
Gingival crevice, Tonsillar crypts
Actinomycosis - correct answers✅✅Endogenous bacterial infection,
Cervicofacial (most frequent), Central necrosis extruding pus containing
sulfur granules
Advanced gingivitis plaque - correct answers✅✅Gram-negative,
Anaerobic
alpha-Hemolytic streptococci - correct answers✅✅Rheumatic fever, Heart
valves,I nfective endocarditis
Anaerobic - correct answers✅✅Energy, Fermentation
Anaerobic flora of the gingival sulcus - correct answers✅✅Fusobacterium,
Prevotella, Actinobacillus, Porphyromonas
Antibiotic resistance - correct answers✅✅Genes that are carried on
plasmids
Antiphagocytic polysaccharide capsules - correct
answers✅✅Cryptococcus neoformans, Streptococcus pneumoniae
Bacillary dysentery - correct answers✅✅Shigella
, NBDE MICROBIOLOGY Questions and
Answers
Bacterial capsule - correct answers✅✅Polysaccharides
Bacterial endospore - correct answers✅✅Resistant to sterilizing
conditions
Bordetella pertussis - correct answers✅✅Whooping cough
Cell membrane - correct answers✅✅Site of oxidative phosphorylation
Cell wall - correct answers✅✅Peptidoglycan, N-acetyl-muramic acid
Childhood vaccine - correct answers✅✅Diptheria Pertussis Tetanus
Chlamydia trachomatis - correct answers✅✅Large numbers of
asymptomatic carriers, Frequent co-infection with gonorrhea, Greater
likelihood that younger women will acquire salpingitis, Most common cause
of sexually transmitted disease in U.S.
Conjugation - correct answers✅✅Largest amount of genetic information
transferred from one cell to another
Endospore - correct answers✅✅Clostridium, Bacillus
Endotoxin - correct answers✅✅Somatic O polysaccharide, core
polysaccharide, Lipid A
Exotoxins - correct answers✅✅Streptokinase, Plasminogen to plasmin
Answers
Bacteria 77/169 - correct answers✅✅
Actinomyces naeslundii - correct answers✅✅Branching, Filamentous,
Gingival crevice, Tonsillar crypts
Actinomycosis - correct answers✅✅Endogenous bacterial infection,
Cervicofacial (most frequent), Central necrosis extruding pus containing
sulfur granules
Advanced gingivitis plaque - correct answers✅✅Gram-negative,
Anaerobic
alpha-Hemolytic streptococci - correct answers✅✅Rheumatic fever, Heart
valves,I nfective endocarditis
Anaerobic - correct answers✅✅Energy, Fermentation
Anaerobic flora of the gingival sulcus - correct answers✅✅Fusobacterium,
Prevotella, Actinobacillus, Porphyromonas
Antibiotic resistance - correct answers✅✅Genes that are carried on
plasmids
Antiphagocytic polysaccharide capsules - correct
answers✅✅Cryptococcus neoformans, Streptococcus pneumoniae
Bacillary dysentery - correct answers✅✅Shigella
, NBDE MICROBIOLOGY Questions and
Answers
Bacterial capsule - correct answers✅✅Polysaccharides
Bacterial endospore - correct answers✅✅Resistant to sterilizing
conditions
Bordetella pertussis - correct answers✅✅Whooping cough
Cell membrane - correct answers✅✅Site of oxidative phosphorylation
Cell wall - correct answers✅✅Peptidoglycan, N-acetyl-muramic acid
Childhood vaccine - correct answers✅✅Diptheria Pertussis Tetanus
Chlamydia trachomatis - correct answers✅✅Large numbers of
asymptomatic carriers, Frequent co-infection with gonorrhea, Greater
likelihood that younger women will acquire salpingitis, Most common cause
of sexually transmitted disease in U.S.
Conjugation - correct answers✅✅Largest amount of genetic information
transferred from one cell to another
Endospore - correct answers✅✅Clostridium, Bacillus
Endotoxin - correct answers✅✅Somatic O polysaccharide, core
polysaccharide, Lipid A
Exotoxins - correct answers✅✅Streptokinase, Plasminogen to plasmin
