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  • Question
  • Which of the following shows a positive urease test?


  • Options
  • A. Proteus
  • B. Klebsiella
  • C. Both (a) and (b)
  • D. None of these

  • Correct Answer
  • Both (a) and (b) 


  • More questions

    • 1. Quinolones are

    • Options
    • A. antimetabolites
    • B. penicillin derivatives
    • C. bacteriostatic
    • D. broad-spectrum
    • Discuss
    • 2. The role of molecular chaperones is to

    • Options
    • A. facilitate binding of ribosomes to mRNA
    • B. degrade newly synthesized polypeptides that contain inaccurate sequences
    • C. facilitate binding of RNA polymerase to DNA
    • D. aid a newly synthesized polypeptide in folding to its proper shape
    • Discuss
    • 3. During the carboxylation phase of the Calvin cycle, CO2 combines with

    • Options
    • A. ribulose 1,5 - bisphosphate
    • B. phosphoglyceraldehyde
    • C. pyruvic acid
    • D. oxaloacetic acid
    • Discuss
    • 4. Black kraut is caused by

    • Options
    • A. the plant enzymes
    • B. the micro-organisms
    • C. the combined actions of plant enzymes and micro-organisms
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. Bacterial cells susceptible to penicillium can be protected from destruction if the medium in which they are exposed is of

    • Options
    • A. high osmotic pressure
    • B. low osmotic pressure
    • C. moderate osmotic pressure
    • D. high surface tension
    • Discuss
    • 6. A major difference between EHEC and EPEC is

    • Options
    • A. EHEC secretes a Shiga-like toxin and EPEC does not
    • B. EHEC possesses a type III secretion system and EPEC does not
    • C. EPEC rearranges host cell actin and EHEC does not
    • D. EPEC passes through the placenta to infect the fetus and EHEC does not
    • Discuss
    • 7. The most selective antibiotics are those that interfere with the synthesis of

    • Options
    • A. bacterial DNA
    • B. bacterial RNA
    • C. bacterial cell walls
    • D. bacterial plasma membrane
    • Discuss
    • 8. A parenteral route of drug administration refers to

    • Options
    • A. oral
    • B. nonoral
    • C. intravenously
    • D. intramuscularly
    • Discuss
    • 9. Peptidoglycan is found only in the bacterial

    • Options
    • A. cell membrane
    • B. glycocalyx
    • C. cell wall
    • D. spore
    • Discuss
    • 10. The plasmid-mediated properties is/are

    • Options
    • A. fermentation of lactose
    • B. production of enterotoxin
    • C. resistance to antibiotics
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss


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