Microbiology CSMLS Exam Review Questions with complete solution

Microbiology CSMLS Exam Review Questions with complete solution The pulmonary form of anthrax is known as - Valley fever - Walking pneumonia - Farmers' lung - Woolsorters disease - CORRECT ANS-Woolsorters disease Streptococci are unable to synthesize the enzyme - Catalase - Kinase - Hyaluronidase - Lipase - CORRECT ANS-Catalase (Organisms that synthesize the enzyme catalase are able to protect themselves from the killing effects of H2O2 by converting it to H2O and O2. Streptococci are unable to do this) Which of the following is NOT appropriate when describing Streptococcus pneumoniae - Bile-resistant - Alpha hemolytic - Lancet-shaped, Gram positive diplococcus - Virulent strains are encapsulated - CORRECT ANS-Bile-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes can be presumptively ID'd using a(an) - PYR disk - ONPG disk - SPS disk - Optochin disk - CORRECT ANS-PYR disk (The ID of Group A strep can be achieved through the PYR disk test) A gram positive coccus that is catalase positive, nonmotile, lysostaphin resistant, and modified oxidase positive is best identified as - Micrococcus - Lactococcus - Streptococcus - Staphylococcus - CORRECT ANS-Micrococcus (Staphylococci and Micrococci are both Catalase positive. Micrococci are oxidase positive, whereas staphylococci are negative) In the CAMP test, a single streak of streptococcus is placed perpendicular to a streak of Staph. aureus. Afte