Microbiology MCQs

Pathogenic treponemas can be maintained in:

A. Tissue culture
B. Chick embryos
C. Artificial media
D. Rabbit testis only

Teichoic acid is present in cell walls of:

A. Gram positive bacteria
B. Gram negative bacteria
C. Yeast
D. Protozoa

Pasteur developed the vaccine for:

A. Anthrax
B. Rabies
C. Cholera
D. All of the above

Culture medium used for Bordatella pertussis is:

A. Wilson Blair medium
B. Bile broth
C. Bordet Gengou medium
D. Robertson cooked meat medium

Antigen used in Weil-Felix reaction:

A. E.coli
B. Haemophilus
C. Proteus
D. Staphylococcus

The most primitive mode of gene transfer occurs by:

A. Transduction
B. Translation
C. Cell fusion
D. Conjugation

Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome (SSS syndrome) is due to:

A. Enterotoxin A
B. Enterotoxin B
C. Enterotoxin D
D. Enterotoxin F

Which of the following is obligate aerobe:

A. Pseudomonas aerogenosa
A. coli
B. Proteus
C. diphtheria

Erysipelas is caused by:

A. Group B staphylococci
B. Group A steptococci
C. Gonococci
D. Pneumococci

The causative organism for cat-scratch disease is:

A. Chlamydia trachomatis
B. Donovania granulomatis
C. Bartonella henselae
D. Hemophilia ducreya

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