BACTERIA MORPHOLOGY QUIZ

Which of the following bacterial genera (that produces endospore) have medical importance?

Both (a) and (b)

None of these

Clostridium

Bacillus

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Which of the following does not contain protein?

Porin

Lipoteichoic acid

Pili

Flagellum

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Gram positive cells have a

multiple layer of peptidoglycan that helps to retain the crystal violet stain

second outer membrane that helps to retain the crystal violet stain

thick capsule that traps the crystal violet stain

periplasmic space that traps the crystal violet

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Which of the following is analogous to mesosomes of bacteria?

Lysosomes of eukaryotes

Golgi apparatus of eukaryotes

Mitochondria of eukaryotes

None of these

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Which of the following bacteria lack a cell wall and are therefore resistant to penicillin?

Cyanobacteria

Mycoplasmas

Spirochetes

Bdellovibrios

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Genetic system is located in the prokaryotes in

chromatin

nucleoid

nuclear material

all of these

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The bacteria deficient in cell wall is

Klebsiella

Mycoplasma

Treponema

Staphylococcus

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Name the component of flagellum.

Filament

Hook

All of these

Basal body

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Flagella move the cell by

many flagella beating in a synchronous, whip-like motion

attaching to nearby particles and contracting

an individual flagellum beating in a whip-like motion

spinning like a propeller

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Single or clusters of flagella at both poles is known as

petritrichous

amphitrichous

monotrichous

none of these

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