Clinical Microbiology E1

Gram-negative bacteria contain
which are not found in gram-positive bacteria.

Periplasmic space and an outer membrane

Which of the following is true for bacterial cells?

The DNA is found in the nucleoid

Which of the following is important for motility of the bacterial cell?

Flagella

Phenotypic properties used to classify bacteria include all of the following, except:

DNA relatedness

Which of the following is written correctly?

Staphylococcus aureus

Which of the following is an inactive state of
conditions?

Endospore

Which of the following is true of endotoxin!

It can induce fever and shock and activate B lymphocytes

Which of the following pathways is the most efficient mechanism for bacterial cells to produce energy?

Krebs Cycle

Which of the following statements correctly describes fermentation processes in bacteria?

It is less energy efficient than respiratio

A spontaneous change in the genetic code during DNA replication that might involve the deletion or insertion of base pairs of nucleotides is known as:

Mutation

The process where a bacteriophage that infects a bacterial cell, injecting its DNA into the bacterial chromosome, is known as:

Transduction