QUESTIONS with verified answers
Which of the following is NOT Gram-
positive?
a. Treponema
b. Clostridium
c. Bacillus
d. Streptococcus - correct answer ✔✔a. Treponema
Mycoplasmas differ from other bacteria
because they__________.
A) Are motile.
B) Are acid-fast.
C) Lack a cell wall.
D) Grow inside host cells.
E) Are not culturable - correct answer ✔✔C) Lack a cell wall
Which of the following genera grow
symbiotically within root nodules of
Élegumes as nitrogen-fixing bacteria?
A. Agrobacterium
B. Rhizobium
C. Nitrosomonas
D. Bacteroides - correct answer ✔✔B. Rhizobium
, Elementary bodies are found in
a. E. coli.
b. Streptococcus.
c. Chlamydiae.
d. Staphylococcus. - correct answer ✔✔c. Chlamydiae.
Borrelia is classified as a spirochete
because it
a. is aerobic.
b. possesses an axial filament.
c. is a rod.
d. is a pathogen. - correct answer ✔✔b. possesses an axial filament.
Helicobacter pylori is responsible for
A. pneumonia.
B. cholera.
C. dysentery.
D. peptic ulcer disease - correct answer ✔✔D. peptic ulcer disease
Which of the following is matched
correctly?
A) Mycoplasma - rod-shaped
B) Clostridium - aerobe
C) Neisseria - cell wall-less
D) Borrelia - spirochetes