Microbiology Questions and Answers Part-9

1. Protein particles which can infect are called
a) Virons
b) Prions
c) Nucleoida
d) None of these

Answer: b

2. In most of purple bacteria, the light harvesting centers are
a) B 850 & Fe-S
b) B 850 & B 875
c) B 845 & B 875
d) B 850 & B830

Answer: b

3. Endotoxin produced by gramnegative bacteria is present in
a) Peptidoglycan
b) Lippolysacharide
c) Theichoic acid
d) Inner membrane

Answer: b

4. Which one of the following was Gram negative, chemolithotrophic bacteria?
a) Siderococcus
b) E.coli
c) Spirellum
d) Mycoplasms

Answer: b

5. The mode of reproduction which occurs in mycoplasma is
a) Budding
b) Bursting
c) Binary fission
d) Binary fusion

Answer: c

6. Which one of the following is about Herpes viruses?
a) Icosahedral, with envelope, ds DNA
b) Polyhedral with envelope, ds DNA
c) RNA, helical with envelope
d) ds DNA, brick shape

Answer: a

7. Which one of the following produce typical fried egg appearance colonies on solid media?
a) Mycobacteria
b) Mycoplasts
c) Mycoplasms
d) Bacteroides

Answer: c

8. An organism that is osmophilic and has a specific requirements for sodium chloride resembles
a) Halophile
b) Basophile
c) Barophile
d) Xerophile

Answer: a

9. A population of cells derived from a single cell are called
a) Monclonal cells
b) Clones
c) Protoplasts
d) Sub culture

Answer: b

10. Hetrolactic acid bacteria produce
a) Lactic acid only
b) Lactic acid + H2O + CO2
c) Lactic acid + CO2
d) Lactic acid + alchohol + CO2

Answer: d