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  • Question
  • The other name for peptidoglycan is


  • Options
  • A. mucopeptide
  • B. murein
  • C. both (a) & (b)
  • D. none of these

  • Correct Answer
  • both (a) & (b) 


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    • 1. Which of the following has Chinese letter arrangement?

    • Options
    • A. Bacillus anthracis
    • B. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    • C. Clostridium tetani
    • D. Corynebacterium diphtheriae
    • Discuss
    • 2. Cyanobacteria have

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    • A. a gram-positive cell wall
    • B. a gram-negative cell wall
    • C. Neither (a) nor (b)
    • D. No cell wall
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of the following is exposed on the outer surface of a gram-negative bacterium?

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    • A. O-antigen of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)
    • B. Polysaccharide portion of lipoteichoic acid (LTA)
    • C. Braun lipoprotein
    • D. Electron transport system components
    • Discuss
    • 4. Peptidoglycan is found only in the bacterial

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    • A. cell membrane
    • B. glycocalyx
    • C. cell wall
    • D. spore
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which is most likely to be exposed on the surface of a gram-negative bacterium?

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    • A. Pore protein (porin)
    • B. Protein involved in energy generation
    • C. Lipoteichoic acid
    • D. Phospholipids
    • Discuss
    • 6. The common word for bacteria which are straight rod in shape is

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    • A. cooci
    • B. bacilli
    • C. spirilla
    • D. pleomorphic
    • Discuss
    • 7. The cell walls of Gram positive bacteria contain two modified sugar, viz. N- acetylgucosamine (NAG) and N- acetylmuramic acid (NAM). They are covalently linked by

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    • A. ?- 1,4-glycosidic bond
    • B. ?-1,6-glycosidic bond
    • C. ?- 1,6-glycosidic bond
    • D. ?- 1,4-glycosidic bond
    • Discuss
    • 8. Chemically the capsule may be

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    • A. polypeptide
    • B. polysaccharide
    • C. either (a) or (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. The cell wall of

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    • A. gram-positive bacteria are thicker than gram-negative bacteria
    • B. gram-negative bacteria are thicker than gram-positive bacteria
    • C. both have same thickness but composition is different
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. The cell walls of many gram positive bacteria can be easily destroyed by the enzyme known as

    • Options
    • A. lipase
    • B. lysozyme
    • C. pectinase
    • D. peroxidase
    • Discuss


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