VIBRIO, AEROMONAS AND PLESIOMONAS QUIZ

Which of the following does not cause wound infection following exposure to sea water or infected shellfish?

V. alginolyticus

Aeromonas

V. cholerae

Vibrio vulnificus

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Acute diarrhoeal disease resembling cholera can be caused due to

Vibrio vulnificus

Aeromonas hydrophila

V. alginolyticus

All of these

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Which of the followings can be used to differentiate between classical and El Tor biotypes of Vibrio cholerae?

All of these

Sensitivity to Mukerjee's group IV phage

Agglutination of fowl RBCs

Sensitivity to polymyxin B

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The halophilic bacteria is/are

All of these

Vibrio parahaemolyticus

V. vulnificus

V. alginolyticus

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Which of the following bacteria is associated with food poisoning due to consumption of sea fish?

V vulnificus

Vibrio parahaemolyticus

All of these

V alginolyticus

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The transport medium for Vibrio cholerae can be

Selenite F broth

Nutrient broth

Tetrathionate broth

Venkatraman-Ramakrishnan medium

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Which of the following medium are used to differentiate the colonies of Vibrio cholerae and V parahaemolyticus?

Thiosulphate-citrate-bile-sucrose

Alkaline bile salt

MacConkey

All of these

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The DNA coding for the production of cholera toxin in Vibrio cholerae is on the

transposon

chromosome

plasmid

phage

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Which of the following toxin resembles cholera toxin?

Labile toxin of Escherichia coli

Stable toxin of E. coli

Diphtheria toxin

Tetanus toxin

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Which of the following conditions can be caused by Plesiomonas?

Gastroenteritis

All of these

Septicaemia

Cellulites

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