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  • Question
  • The common word for bacteria which are helically curved rods is


  • Options
  • A. cooci
  • B. pleomorphic
  • C. bacillus
  • D. spirilla

  • Correct Answer
  • spirilla 


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    • 1. The structure responsible for motility of bacteria is

    • Options
    • A. pilli
    • B. flagella
    • C. sheath
    • D. capsules
    • Discuss
    • 2. Microcapsules are composed of

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    • A. proteins
    • B. polysaccharides
    • C. lipids
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. The next to last step in peptidoglycan biosynthesis is

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    • A. synthesis of the NAM-peptide subunit
    • B. removal of the subunit from bactoprenol
    • C. linking the sugar of the disaccharide-peptide unit to the growing peptidoglycan chain
    • D. cross-linking the peptide side chains of peptidoglycan
    • Discuss
    • 4. A cluster of polar flagella is called

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    • A. lophotrichous
    • B. amphitrichous
    • C. monotrichous
    • D. petritrichous
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following does not contain protein?

    • Options
    • A. Pili
    • B. Flagellum
    • C. Lipoteichoic acid
    • D. Porin
    • Discuss
    • 6. Swimming towards a chemical of bacteria is termed as

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    • A. positive chemotaxis
    • B. negative chemotaxis
    • C. phototaxis
    • D. magnetotaxis
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which of the following is analogous to mesosomes of bacteria?

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    • A. Mitochondria of eukaryotes
    • B. Golgi apparatus of eukaryotes
    • C. Lysosomes of eukaryotes
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which is most likely to be exposed on the surface of a gram-negative bacterium?

    • Options
    • A. Pore protein (porin)
    • B. Protein involved in energy generation
    • C. Lipoteichoic acid
    • D. Phospholipids
    • Discuss
    • 9. Peptidoglycan is found only in the bacterial

    • Options
    • A. cell membrane
    • B. glycocalyx
    • C. cell wall
    • D. spore
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following is exposed on the outer surface of a gram-negative bacterium?

    • Options
    • A. O-antigen of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)
    • B. Polysaccharide portion of lipoteichoic acid (LTA)
    • C. Braun lipoprotein
    • D. Electron transport system components
    • Discuss


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