Microbiology: 1. Classic opportunists include a) Mycobaterium tuberculosis b) Ps
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Question
Microbiology:
1. Classic opportunists include
a) Mycobaterium tuberculosis
b) Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida spp.,and Clostridium difficle
c) Salmonella typhi
d) All of the above
2. Fungi as a group all have the following
a) Chitin, ergosterol in plasma membrane, hyphae, spores, extracellular enzymes, including chitinase, and ligninase
b) Hyphae, mycelium, buds, ergosterol, chitin, nuclei, dikaryons
c) Ergosterol, chitin, asexual spores, and cellulase
d) All of the above
3. Bactrim could best be described as
a) An old antibiotic
b) An antibiotic that is used in treating urinary tract infections
c) An antibiotic that interferes with cell wall synthesis in bacteria
d) Interferes with protein synthesis
4. Paul Ehrlich is called the father of chemotherapy partially because of
a) Compound 606
b) B Salvarsan
c) Theories of immunity
d) A and B
5. PEA agar would be best used in determining
a) Presence of Strep
b) Presence of Staph
c) Presence of gram positive bacteria
d) All of the above
Explanation / Answer
1. Classic opportunists include:
d) All of the above that is Mycobaterium tuberculosis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida spp.,and Clostridium difficle and Salmonella typhi.
Classic opportunists microbes are those organisms that attacks the host when the host's immunity is diminished.
2. Fungi as a group all have the following:
d) All of the following.
3. Bactrim could best be described as:
b) An antibiotic that is used in treating urinary tract infections.
Bactrim is an antibiotic which contains 2 drugs namely sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim and is used to treat urinary tract infections, ear infections.
4. Paul Ehrlich is called the father of chemotherapy partially because of:
d) A and B
He called the derivative obtained from arsenic as salvarsan and performed 606 tests on mice and the results led to lots of controversies.
5. PEA agar would be best used in determining:
d) All of the above
PEA agar is used as a medium which selectively support the growth of gram-positive bacteria and do not allow the growth of gram negative ones.