FERTILISER TECHNOLOGY QUIZ

Example of a Saprophytic bacteria is

M marinum

Msmegmatis

Mycobacterium chelonei

M xenopi

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False negative Mantoux test is observed in

early tuberculosis

All of these

Advanced tuberculosis

Severe malnutrition

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The causative agent of Buruli ulcer is

M marinum

M fortuitum

M ulcerarts

M chelonei

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Humans become infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis most frequently by

inhalation

contact

ingestion

inoculation

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Members of the genus Mycobacterium are

acid-fast

all of these

gram-positive

non-motile

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A positive Mantoux test indicates an area of induration of

10 mm or more in diameter

4-9 mm in diameter

1-4 mm in diameter

None of these

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Which of the following bacteria is susceptible to thiophen-2-carboxylic acid hydrazide?

M bovis

M chelonei

M fortuitum

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Rough and buff colonies on LJ medium are characteristic of

M bovis

M chelonei

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

M fortuitum

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The bacteria which is microaerophilic on primary isolation, is

M fortuitum

M bovis

none of these

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Culture of tubercle bacilli may be positive if number of bacteria in the specimen is

as few as 1-4 per ml

as few as 10-100 per ml

as few as 125-200 per ml

as few as 5-9 per ml

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