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1

Improper or poor flaming can cause?

Overgrowth and no isolation

2

Parasitic infections do not account for many infections in the United States t or f

False

3

Chagas disease is transmitted by

Contact with poop

4

Plasmodium is transmitted

From a bite of mosquito

5

. If an organism can transport citrate into the cell, then the result will be ? what color

Blue

6

Gelatin is a derivative of collagen and a component of ….what ?

Connective tissue of animals

7

The Durham tube is used for what?

Detects gas produced as a byproduct of fermentation bubbles will appear in the tube

8

A patient arrives at the clinic complaining of watery diarrhea of 20+ days duration after a hiking trip….negative for bacteria… What is the causative agent of this patient's diarrhea?

Giardia

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. A 5 year old patient comes into the hospital with intense anal itching and white, thread-like fibers in the fecal matter, What might doctors find?

Pinworms

10

. All about oxidative catabolism.

Process when molecules are broken down

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glycolysis or aerobic respiration does not require oxygen but may occur in its presence. T/F

True

12

Match each vector with the disease it causes.

...

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organism that lives on decaying matter for nutrition is called a(an)

Fungi saprobes saprophytes

14

Fungi differ from other microorganisms because they contain what?

Chitin in their cell walls

15

results obtained from a disk diffusion susceptibility test are what

Susceptible intermediate or resistant

16

. following sporangium is formed by yeasts except

...

17

mushrooms are basidiomycetes.

True

18

. All about Protozzoa

One celled eukaryotic

19

fungi are chemoheterotrophs.

true.

20

20. Using the oil immersion lens, but has forgotten to put immersion oil on the slide. The specimen will appear…….???

fuzzy and have poor resolution.

21

Gram stain on gram-positive bacteria and you stop after the addition of the counterstain. What is the appearance of the bacteria at this point?

purple

22

Phenol red is used as a …What?

acid pH indicator

23

The IMViC tests are used to identify which types of microbes

bacteria, especially the members of Enterobacteriaceae. gram negative bacteria

24

causes mutations by creating thymine dimers

ultraviolet (UV) rays in sunlight

25

25. After culturing a microbe in a broth test tube, which of the following is an indirect method for estimating the number of microbes in a sample

Turbidity

26

Causative agent of sleeping sickness

Trypanosoma brucei

27

Protozoan cysts are resistant to what

many disinfection methods

28

cell walls of mycobacteria make them vulnerable…to what

water soluble chemical agents

29

soaps have only degerming activity, not antimicrobial activity

false

30

Human infestation with Taenia saginata results from ingesting what

raw or undercooked beef tapeworm

31

vegetative cells are more heat resistant than bacterial endospore

false

32

the effect of moist heat on the microorganisms

Dry heat-destroys microorganisms by causing coagulation of proteins.

33

33. Zone of no return…what that means

resistance against the antibiotic.

34

34. halophile is an organism that prefers to live where?

in high salt concentrations

35

35. chemical agent is used to kill Clostridium difficile C. Diff on surfaces

bleach

36

36. normal flora of the human skin. Except!

lungs

37

37. Gram-positive pleomorphic bacteria commonly found on the skin.

diphtheroids

38

38. Anthrax derives its name from which of the following aspects

B anthrakis, because of its ability to cause black, coal-like cutaneous eschars.

39

39. Gram-positive, anaerobic bacillus that causes gas gangrene?

Clostridium. C perfringens

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40. Picture about the sensitivity of the bacteria against antibiotic in a petri dish

*dish with dots with no bacteria around it*

41

41. The kirby-bauer method is widely used for

to measure the sensitivity of bacteria to antibiotics

42

42. reactive oxygen species (ROS) many bacteria produce the enzyme called _

superoxide dismutases (SOD), catalases and peroxiredoxins,

43

43. The function of cytochromes in the electron transport system is

electron carriers

44

44. Oxidase test is used for what ?

identify bacteria that produce cytochrome c oxidase

45

45. organism that can use oxygen for aerobic respiration, but also can grow without it is called

Facultative anaerobes

46

47. Turgor pressure is ?

the force within the cell that pushes the plasma membrane against the cell wall.

47

48. The function of catalase is to convert ….what ?

hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen

48

49. staphylococci-ferment the sugar mannitol, which turn the phenol red in the medium around the colony in a ….what kind of color

yellow

49

50. Which leads to the darkening of the blood agar around the colony called alpha-hemolysis

hemoglobin in the red blood cells is reduced to methemoglobin

50

51. The MSA agar can be used to test the presence …of what

members of the genus Staphylococcus

51

52. Which method is used to separate individual bacteria from a mixture.

streak-plate procedure

52

53. a bacterium that can grow only in the presence of high salt.

Halophiles

53

Osmosis

the movement of water molecules from a solution with a high concentration of water molecules to a solution with a lower concentration of water molecules

54

55. Example of bacteria that can grow in high-salt concentrations.

Halobacterium

55

56. two forms of radiation that are used to kill microorganisms are

gamma rays, x-ray

56

57. are bacteria that use oxygen for energy production, but only in very low concentrations.

microaerophilic or aerotolerant anaerobes

57

58. What is a vector.

living organisms that can transmit infectious pathogens between humans, or from animals to humans

58

59. The best-known arachnid vector is

animals

59

60. following diseases is NOT transmitted by mosquitoes.

typhoid

60

61. In the roundworms, their proglottids contain male and female reproductive organs

true

61

62. Tapeworms bodies are made up of two basic parts: the segment that attaches to the intestine, is known as the scolex.

true