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  • Question
  • Polyene antibiotics are


  • Options
  • A. large ring structures
  • B. ?-lactam - thiazolidine ring
  • C. small ring structures
  • D. any of these

  • Correct Answer
  • large ring structures 


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    • 1. The first penicillin isolated by Alexander Fleming, penicillin F is also called

    • Options
    • A. 2-Pentenyl Penicillin
    • B. n-heptyl penicillin
    • C. phenoxymethyl penicillin
    • D. benzyl penicillin
    • Discuss
    • 2. Frame shift mutation may occur as a result of

    • Options
    • A. formation of a thymine-dimer
    • B. deamination of cytosine to uracil
    • C. conversion of guanine to xanthine
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. The species of Acetobacter which produces cellulosic strands to hold the cells in lime layer is

    • Options
    • A. Acetobacter curvum
    • B. Accetobacter orleanense
    • C. Acetobacter xylinum
    • D. Acetobacter schuetzenbachii
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following is/are synthesized from late mRNA?

    • Options
    • A. Phage structural proteins
    • B. Proteins that help with phage assembly without becoming part of the virion structure
    • C. Proteins involved in cell lysis and phage release
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. The potential spoilage organism in beer is

    • Options
    • A. Saccharomyces diastaticus
    • B. S. carlsbergensis
    • C. S. cerevisiae
    • D. S. lactis
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following virus is enveloped?

    • Options
    • A. Adeno
    • B. Herpes
    • C. Polio
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. Periplasm is

    • Options
    • A. the area between the inner and outer membranes of gram-negative bacteria
    • B. the area between the inner and outer membranes of Gram-positive bacteria
    • C. the interior portion of mitochondria
    • D. the area outside the cell membrane that is influenced by the polymers
    • Discuss
    • 8. The generation time of a culture that produces two generations per hour is

    • Options
    • A. greater than that produces three generations per hour
    • B. lesser than that produces three generations per hour
    • C. equal to that produces three generations per hour
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. The current genus name of a saccharolytic group of Bacteroides is

    • Options
    • A. Porphyromonas
    • B. Bacteroides
    • C. Prevotella
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. Polyene antibiotics are

    • Options
    • A. large ring structures
    • B. ?-lactam - thiazolidine ring
    • C. small ring structures
    • D. any of these
    • Discuss


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