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  • Question
  • Novobiocin can be used against


  • Options
  • A. gram +ve Staphylococci
  • B. gram -ve Meningococci & Gonococci
  • C. Haemophilus
  • D. all of these

  • Correct Answer
  • all of these 


  • More questions

    • 1. Saprophytic bacteria cause

    • Options
    • A. sliminess or souring in piled, wet and heating vegetables
    • B. brown rot in vegetables
    • C. black rot in fruits
    • D. bacterial soft rot
    • Discuss
    • 2. Species of __________ are predominant on thawing vegetables like sweet corn and peas when the temperature of thawing is fairly low.

    • Options
    • A. Streptococcus
    • B. Micrococcus
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. Bacterial ropiness in milk is caused by

    • Options
    • A. slimy capsular material from the cells usually gums or mucins
    • B. slimy capsular material from the cells usually proteins
    • C. slimy capsular material from the cells usually lipids
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following defines an open reading frame (ORF)?

    • Options
    • A. A sequence of genome in bacteriophage
    • B. The sequence of a complete genome
    • C. A plasmid vector used in genome sequencing
    • D. A possible gene predicted by DNA sequencing
    • Discuss
    • 5. The bacterial sore throat is caused by

    • Options
    • A. Staphylococcus aureus
    • B. Haemophilus spp
    • C. Streptococcus pyogenes
    • D. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
    • Discuss
    • 6. The temperate phage possesses a gene that codes for a repressor protein which makes the cell resistant to lysis initiated by

    • Options
    • A. the prophage
    • B. lytic infection by other viruses
    • C. Both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. Because it can be used with a variety of media and allow a resuscitation step the __________ technique has become the common and often preferred method of evaluating the microbiological characteristics of water.

    • Options
    • A. most probable number
    • B. Winogradsky
    • C. MUG
    • D. membrane filtration
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which of the following property(ies), shown by the organisms belong(s) to the family Enterobacteriaceae?

    • Options
    • A. They are catalase-positive
    • B. They are oxidase-negative
    • C. They ferment glucose
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. The hepadnaviruses such as hepatitis B virus are quite different from other DNA viruses with respect to genome replication. These replicate their DNA using

    • Options
    • A. DNA-dependent DNA polymerase
    • B. reverse transcriptase
    • C. Rnase H
    • D. DNA ligase
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following disease is caused by Yersinia enterocolitica in man?

    • Options
    • A. Gastroenteritis
    • B. Mesenteric lymphadenitis
    • C. Septicaemia
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss


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