logo

CuriousTab

CuriousTab

Discussion


Home Microbiology Physical and Chemical Agents See What Others Are Saying!
  • Question
  • Which disinfectant was the most effective against Salmonella"?


  • Options
  • A. Phenol
  • B. Cetylpyridinium chloride
  • C. Hexachlorophene
  • D. Merthiolate

  • Correct Answer
  • Merthiolate 


  • More questions

    • 1. The influenza vaccine is administered each year because

    • Options
    • A. mutations in the viral hemagglutinin may allow the virus to evade the immune response elicited by previous vaccines
    • B. it is a polysaccharide vaccine that does not confer long-term protection
    • C. the vaccine is sufficiently toxic to make it necessary to administer only a small amount at any one time
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following is the commonest species of Salmonella for causing zoonotic disease?

    • Options
    • A. S Indiana
    • B. S newport
    • C. S typhimurium
    • D. S enteritidis
    • Discuss
    • 3. The archaebacterium Halobacterium, an extreme halophile, and Sulfolobus, a thermoacidophile, can be cultured in the presence of antibiotics such as streptomycin and chloramphenicol because

    • Options
    • A. they contain ether-linked isoprenoids in their plasma membrane
    • B. they lack murein in their cell wall
    • C. they contain 80S, as opposed to 70S, ribosomes
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. The organisms that can be acid-fast stained is

    • Options
    • A. Nocardia
    • B. Tubercle bacilli
    • C. Lepra bacilli
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. Recombination of virus genomes occurs

    • Options
    • A. by transduction
    • B. by transription
    • C. simultaneous infection of a host cell by two viruses with homologous chromosomes
    • D. by transformation
    • Discuss
    • 6. Quellung reaction is used for typing of

    • Options
    • A. Klebsiella pneumoniae
    • B. Streptococcus pneumoniae
    • C. Both (a) and (b)
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which of the following does not kill endospores?

    • Options
    • A. Autoclave
    • B. Incineration
    • C. Hot air sterilization
    • D. Pasteurization
    • Discuss
    • 8. The magnitude of BOD of wastewater is related to

    • Options
    • A. bacterial count
    • B. amount of organic material
    • C. amount of inorganic material
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. What is Mycology?

    • Options
    • A. Study of viruses
    • B. Study of nucleic acid
    • C. Study of bacteria
    • D. Study of fungi
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which is not a function of IgG?

    • Options
    • A. Major antibody in serum
    • B. First antibody type produced against an antigen during the primary antibody response
    • C. Activates or fixes complement
    • D. Involved in opsonization
    • Discuss


    Comments

    There are no comments.

Enter a new Comment