BACTERIOLOGY FINAL EXAM questions
with complete solutions
thick peptidoglycan walls - correct answer ✔✔gram +
teichoic acids - correct answer ✔✔gram positive
gram positives - correct answer ✔✔acid fast cells contain mycolic acid
gram stain positive - correct answer ✔✔blue
gram negative - correct answer ✔✔thin peptigoglycan walls
no techoic acids - correct answer ✔✔gram -
gram negatives - correct answer ✔✔contain an outer membrane with two hydro phobic barriers
gram stain negative - correct answer ✔✔pink
lipopolysaccharides - correct answer ✔✔form periplasm between the outer membrane and plasma
membrane
lipopolysaccharides function - correct answer ✔✔protection from phagocytes, complement, and
antibiotics
listeria - correct answer ✔✔disease of the nervous system
cell lysis by rocket propulsion
, meningitis - correct answer ✔✔disease of the nervous system
swelling of the membranes surrounding the brain
encephalitis - correct answer ✔✔disease of the nervous system
swelling of the brain
botulism - correct answer ✔✔disease causing paralysis/ neurological symptoms
soil dwelling; sporulating, toxic
botulism function - correct answer ✔✔prevents acetycholine release within the synapse
tetanus - correct answer ✔✔disease causing paralysis/ neurological symptoms
soil dwelling; sporulating toxic
prevents release of glycine, causing no relaxation of the body
leprosy - correct answer ✔✔myobacterium leprae
rabies - correct answer ✔✔salive infects bloodstream, rises to the brain and other organs
mad cow disease - correct answer ✔✔caused by a prion (infectious protein)
anthrax - correct answer ✔✔disease of the cardiovascular and lymphatic system
damages lymph system
bacterial disease plague - correct answer ✔✔yersinia pestis, extremely infectious, transmitted by fleas/
by air
borrelia - correct answer ✔✔relapsing fever, bulls eye rash, keeps surviving because of antigenic
variation
with complete solutions
thick peptidoglycan walls - correct answer ✔✔gram +
teichoic acids - correct answer ✔✔gram positive
gram positives - correct answer ✔✔acid fast cells contain mycolic acid
gram stain positive - correct answer ✔✔blue
gram negative - correct answer ✔✔thin peptigoglycan walls
no techoic acids - correct answer ✔✔gram -
gram negatives - correct answer ✔✔contain an outer membrane with two hydro phobic barriers
gram stain negative - correct answer ✔✔pink
lipopolysaccharides - correct answer ✔✔form periplasm between the outer membrane and plasma
membrane
lipopolysaccharides function - correct answer ✔✔protection from phagocytes, complement, and
antibiotics
listeria - correct answer ✔✔disease of the nervous system
cell lysis by rocket propulsion
, meningitis - correct answer ✔✔disease of the nervous system
swelling of the membranes surrounding the brain
encephalitis - correct answer ✔✔disease of the nervous system
swelling of the brain
botulism - correct answer ✔✔disease causing paralysis/ neurological symptoms
soil dwelling; sporulating, toxic
botulism function - correct answer ✔✔prevents acetycholine release within the synapse
tetanus - correct answer ✔✔disease causing paralysis/ neurological symptoms
soil dwelling; sporulating toxic
prevents release of glycine, causing no relaxation of the body
leprosy - correct answer ✔✔myobacterium leprae
rabies - correct answer ✔✔salive infects bloodstream, rises to the brain and other organs
mad cow disease - correct answer ✔✔caused by a prion (infectious protein)
anthrax - correct answer ✔✔disease of the cardiovascular and lymphatic system
damages lymph system
bacterial disease plague - correct answer ✔✔yersinia pestis, extremely infectious, transmitted by fleas/
by air
borrelia - correct answer ✔✔relapsing fever, bulls eye rash, keeps surviving because of antigenic
variation
