BACTERIA MORPHOLOGY QUIZ

Microcapsules are composed of

proteins

polysaccharides

lipids

all of these

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Teichoic acids are typically found in

cell walls of gram positive bacteria

outer membranes of gram negative bacteria

outer membranes of gram positive bacteria

cell walls of gram negative bacteria

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Which of the following may contain fimbriae?

Gram-positive bacteria

Gram-negative bacteria

Both (a) and (b)

None of these

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

Spirochetes

Bdellovibrios

Cyanobacteria

Mycoplasmas

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Which of the following is true about cell wall of gram-positive bacteria?

It is thicker than that associated with gram-negative bacteria

It contains teichoic acids

All of these

It consists of multiple layers

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Which of the following has Chinese letter arrangement?

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Bacillus anthracis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Clostridium tetani

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

Bacillus

Both (a) and (b)

Clostridium

None of these

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Genetic system is located in the prokaryotes in

chromatin

nucleoid

all of these

nuclear material

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Which of the following structure(s) is /are external to cell wall?

Sheath

All of these

Flagella

Stalks

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Bacteria having no flagella are unable to

move

grow in nutrient agar

reproduce

stick to tissue surfaces

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