Comprehensive Bacteriology Exam: Questions and Verified Answers, Exams of Bacteriology

A comprehensive set of questions and verified answers related to bacteriology. It covers a wide range of topics, including bacterial identification, disease association, and laboratory tests. It is designed to help students prepare for exams and deepen their understanding of bacteriology. The questions cover various bacterial species, their associated diseases, and key diagnostic tests. It also includes information on bacterial characteristics, such as gram stain results, colony morphology, and metabolic pathways. This resource is valuable for students studying microbiology, medical technology, and related fields.

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Bacteriology Comprehensive EXAM LATEST
UPDATED VERSION QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
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A bacteria that cause a disease associated with scalded skin syndrome, food poisoning,
toxic shock syndrome and bacteremia
a. S. haemolyticus
b. S. saprophyticus
c. S. aureus - answer>>>c. S. aureus
A bacteria that cause a disease associated endocarditis, septicemia, osteomyelitis and
joint infection
a. S. hyicus
b. S. schleiferi
c. S. delphini - answer>>>b. S. schleiferi
The following bacteria can cause opportunistic infections to human
1. S. aureus
2. S. capitis
3. S. haemophilus
4. S. mucilaginosus,
5. S. saprophyticus
a. 1, 5
b. 1,2,3
c. 2,3,4,5
d. 1 only - answer>>>c. 2,3,4,5
A bacteria that can cause pelvic inflammatory disease that results to ectopic pregnancy
referred to as Fitz-Hugh-Curtis-Syndrome - answer>>>Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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A bacteria that cause a disease associated with scalded skin syndrome, food poisoning, toxic shock syndrome and bacteremia a. S. haemolyticus b. S. saprophyticus c. S. aureus - answer>>>c. S. aureus

A bacteria that cause a disease associated endocarditis, septicemia, osteomyelitis and joint infection a. S. hyicus b. S. schleiferi c. S. delphini - answer>>>b. S. schleiferi

The following bacteria can cause opportunistic infections to human

  1. S. aureus
  2. S. capitis
  3. S. haemophilus
  4. S. mucilaginosus,
  5. S. saprophyticus

a. 1, 5 b. 1,2, c. 2,3,4, d. 1 only - answer>>>c. 2,3,4,

A bacteria that can cause pelvic inflammatory disease that results to ectopic pregnancy referred to as Fitz-Hugh-Curtis-Syndrome - answer>>>Neisseria gonorrhoeae

When we are obtaining for N. gonorrhoeae the swab that is commonly use is Calcium Alginate? a. T b. F - answer>>>False - Dacron/Rayon

It is the presumptive identification for the Neisseria spp - answer>>>Superoxol Test

It is associated with Waterhouse Friderichscen Syndrome a. N. gonorrhoeae b. N. meningitidis c. M. catarrhalis - answer>>>b. N. meningitidis

It is considered as the hallmark of meningococcemia - answer>>>Petechiae/ rash

This bacteria produce hockey puck colonies, catalase +, DNAse + and Oxidase + - answer>>>Moraxella catarrhalis

This bacteria is associated with otitis media and not commonly isolated from the oropharynx of healthy adults - answer>>>Moraxella catarrhalis

It is associated with normal flora of the but do not cause any mouth disease - answer>>>Veillonella

It is known for bamboo fishing pole arrangement - answer>>>B. anthracis

It is a form of anthrax that forms black scar and erythematous papule - answer>>>Cutaneous anthrax

It is a form of anthrax that cause Woolsorter' disease - answer>>>Pulmonary anthrac

It is considered as the diagnostic test for B. anthracis a. Lecithinase b. Ascoli test c. Catalase test - answer>>>b. Ascoli test

It is the presumptive identification for B. cereus a. PLEP b. PEMBA - answer>>>b. PEMBA

It is known for common laboratory contaminant - answer>>>B. subtilis

During in gram stain results: it shows palisades, chinese letter and club-shaped - answer>>>C. diptheriae

It appear coral red from the Wood's test due to the porphyrin that cause erythrasma - answer>>>C. minutissimum

This bacterium is the main source of contaminated cabbage, raw fruit, unpasteurized dairy - answer>>>Listeria monocytogeneses

Associated with spontaneous abortion - answer>>>Listeria monocytogeneses

This has tumbling motility on hanging drop, umbrella like growth and inverted Christmas tree - answer>>>Listeria monocytogeneses

This bacterium is characterized by having a slender, thin, catalase +, non-motile and containing mycolic acid - answer>>>Mycobacterium tuberculosis

It is known for having a cord factor wax D component on its cell wall a. L. monocytogenes

b. Nocardia c. M. tuberculosis - answer>>>c. M. tuberculosis

What are the species that produce yellow pigment when exposed to light using Runyoun's classification? - answer>>>KSAM are photochromogens (Group 1) M. kansasii M. similae M. asiaticum M. marinum

What are the species that produce yellow to orange pigment in dark and intensify to orange-red when exposed to light for 2 weeks using Runyoun's classification? - answer>>>Group 2 (Scrotochromogens) - 2SXFTG M. scrofulaceum M. szulgai M. xenopi M. flavescens M. thermoresistance M. gorodnae

What are the species that produce white to tan pigment in dark and cannot develop color when exposed to light using Runyoun's classification? - answer>>>Group 3 (Non- photochromogen) - MHAT M. malmoense M. haemiphilus M. avium intracellular M. terratriviale

What are the species that produce yellow to orange pigment in dark and intensify to orange-red when exposed to light for 2 weeks using Runyoun's classification (group 4)? - answer>>>Rapid growers - SPF M. smegmatis M. phei M. fortuitum-chelonei complex

This bacteria is called as yellow bacillus that grows on 24C but not on 42 -> causing chronic pulmonary disease - answer>>>Mycobacterium kansasii

This bacteria is known as the tap water bacillus that grows well on 37C within 7 days - answer>>>Mycobacterium gordonae

This bacteria shows red to blue lesions causing swimming pool granuloma - answer>>>Mycobacterium marinum

This bacteria known as raddish bacillus that slows grow in 25 and 37 - answer>>>Mycobacterium terrae

It is associated with American bairsdale ulcers and African buruli ulcers - known as inert bacillus - answer>>>Mycobacterium ulcerans

This bacteria shows beaded appearance and branching rods that contains superoxide dimutase and catalase, has nocobactin - answer>>>Nocardia spp

It causes bronchopneumonia through inhalation that may be relapsing - answer>>>Nocardia asteroides

It is most frequent cause of nocardiosis, appearance of actinomycotic mycetomas that has sulfur granules - answer>>>Nocardia brasiliensis

It shows chalky, velvety appearance, dry and breakcrumbs on culture - answer>>>Nocardia spp.

What is the pathway that methyl red detect? - answer>>>Mixed acid fermentation

What is the pathway vogues proskauer test? - answer>>>Butylene glycol fermentation

It is considered as the most common UTI, known as golden or colon bacillus and use as indicator for fecal contamination in water - answer>>>E. coli

It is associated with transient diarrhea that only grows in BAP and have a watery stool - answer>>>ETEC

It is non-invasive associated with infantile diarrhea that shows watery with mucus stool without blood - answer>>>EPEC

It is associated with shigella like diarrhea disease that shows watery stool with blood, pus and mucus - answer>>>EIEC

It produce adherent biofilm that shows watery stool with mucus and associated with acute and chronic diarrhea - answer>>>EAEC

It is known for the serotype O157:H7 with watery and excessive blood stool, associated with hemorrhagic colitis and HUS. Also called as Verotoxigenic E. coli - answer>>>EHEC

It is previously known as alkalescens dispar that do not produce gas, lactose and nonmotile - answer>>>Anaerogenic E. coli/ E.coli inactive

It is also known as friedlander's bacillus that commonly encountered in the hospital infection and causing currant jelly like sputum from contaminated medication, IV and nebulizer - answer>>>Klebsiella pneumoniae

It is known for causing atrophic rhinitis accompanied with thinning and foul smelling odor

  • answer>>>Klebsiella ozonae

It is known for causing nose and oropharynx granuloma - answer>>>Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis

It is associated with bacteremia outbreak in nurseries, cardiac surgery and burn units that shows pink pigment due to prodiogsin - answer>>>Serratia marcescens

This bacteria shows s-shaped, seagull wing that is motile in 4-6 polar flagellum. It is negative both urease and na hippurate - answer>>>Arcotobacter

It is opportunistic infection that have grape-like odor, corn tortilla and burned rubber odor - answer>>>Pseudomonas aeruginosa

This pigment shows yellow-green pigment and fluorescent a. Prodiogsin b. Pyocyanin c. Pyoverdin d. Violcein - answer>>>c. Pyoverdin

This pigment shows blue-green pigment and fluorescent a. Prodiogsin b. Pyocyanin c. Pyoverdin d. Violcein - answer>>>b. Pyocyanin

Associated with severe burn patients, destructive eye infection, swimmer's eye, jacuzzi/hot tube syndrome that is known for shanghai fever - answer>>>Pseudomonas aeruginosa

The colonies shows grape like, fruity odor that is positive in gelatin hydrolysis and acetamide - answer>>>Pseudomonas aeruginosa

It shows leathery, wrinkled and yellow to brown colonies a. P. luteola b. P. mendocine c. P. oryzihabitans d. P. stutzeri - answer>>>Pseudomonas stutzeri

It resembles non-pigmented P. aeruginosa and negative for acetamide a. P. luteola b. P. mendocine c. P. oryzihabitans d. P. stutzeri - answer>>>b. P. mendocine

It is isolated from Japanese rice paddies that describe as sticky eye a. P. luteola b. P. mendocine c. P. oryzihabitans d. P. stutzeri - answer>>>c. P. oryzihabitans

It is isolated from endocarditis and subdiaphragmatic abcesses a. P. luteola b. P. mendocine c. P. oryzihabitans d. P. stutzeri - answer>>>a. P. luteola

It is considered as the bunches of grapes a. S. aureus b. P. aeruginosa c. S. pyogenes d. Micrococcus - answer>>>a. S. aureus

Staphy spp is resistant to ___ and susceptible to___ a. Lysostaphin, Bacitracin b. Novobiocin, Bacitracin c. Bacitracin, Lysostaphin - answer>>>c. Bacitracin, Lysostaphin

Micrococcus spp is resistant to ___ and susceptible to___ a. Lysostaphin, Bacitracin b. Novobiocin, Bacitracin c. Bacitracin, Lysostaphin - answer>>>a. Lysostaphin, Bacitracin

Enterotoxin A and D: Enterotoxin B: Enterotoxin F: - answer>>>Food poisoning enterocolitis Toxic shock syndrome

Toxin associated with SSS or Ritter Lyell Disease - answer>>>Exfoliatin

The colonies shows porcelain white during cultivation of nutrient agar - answer>>>S. albus (epidermidis)

Shows dome shaped elevation on BAP with butterlike texture and unwashed stocking odor - answer>>>Indicative for growth of Staphylococcus spp.

Shows loosely twisted resembling stretched spiral - answer>>>Borrelia spp.

Motility shows corkscrew, osciliaring or swing like motility - answer>>>Borrelia spp

Vector of B. recurrentis - answer>>>Pediculus humanus subs. humanus

Vector of B. hermisii - answer>>>Ornithodoros hermisii

Vector of B. parkerii - answer>>>Ornithodoros parkerii

Borrellia recurentis cause __ relapsing fever - answer>>>Louse Borne

Most prefered laboratory testing for B. recurrensis - answer>>>Thick blood film

It is the agent of the lyme disease - answer>>>Borrelia burgdorferi

The vector of Borrelia burgdorferi - answer>>>Ixodes

Commonly mistaken as rheumatoid arthritis, SLE and viral meningitidis` - answer>>>Borrelia burgdorferi

Associated with bull's eye infection or erythema chronicum migrans - answer>>>Borrelia burgdorferi

The gold standard laboratory testing used for the Borrelia burgdorferi - answer>>>Western blot

A bacteria that is tightly twisted that shows corkscrew appearance - answer>>>Treponema spp

This bacteria is also called as the Great pox/ Evil pox/ French disease/ Italian disease/ Great imitator / Social disease and LUES - answer>>>Treponema spp

The agent of veneral syphilis - answer>>>T. pallidum

In what level of syphilis shows smooth chancre - answer>>>Primary

In what level of syphilis shows healing of the chancre (Condylomata lata) - answer>>>Secondary

In what level of syphilis shows absence of clinical symptoms but positive for serological test - answer>>>Latent

In what level of syphilis shows appearance of granulomatous lesion (GUMMA) - answer>>>Tertiary

In what level of syphilis occurs only during pregnancy on the 4th month - answer>>>Congenital

Using dark field microscopy, what type of syphilis stage it can detect? - answer>>>Primary and Secondary only

It is the important anaerobic normal flora of the skin - answer>>>Propionibacterium spp,

It is known as the normal flora of the female genital tract - answer>>>Anaerobic lactobacillus

This bacteria is known as the smallest free living organism that is classified as mollicutes a. Ureaplasma b. Bortonella c. B. fragilis d. Chlamydia - answer>>>a. Ureaplasma

This bacteria is originally called as the pleuropneumonia like organisms - answer>>>Mycoplasma / Ureaplasma

It is the agent of eaton that cause community acquired pneumonia (walking pneumonia/ primary atypical pneumonia) - answer>>>Mycoplasma pneumoniae

It shows fried egg with translucent periphery appearance in culture - answer>>>Mycoplasma pneumoniae

What is the antibody titer to diagnose that it is infection of Mycoplasma? - answer>>>1:

It is associated with genital mycoplasma disease - answer>>>Mycoplasma hominis and M. urealyticum

It is known as bedsonia as it is a large virus that cannot produce ATP - answer>>>Chlamydia

It is the etiologic agent of psittacosis and Ornithosis - answer>>>Chlamydia psittaci

This bacteria is referred as Chlamydophilia and has a two strains that is also known as TWAR - answer>>>Chlamydia pneumoniae

It is the serotype of Chlamydia trachomatis that cause the world's leading cause of blindness - answer>>>Serotype A, B, Ba, C

It is the serotype of Chlamydia trachomatis that cause venereal routes leading to prostatitis, cervicitis and pneumonitis - answer>>>Serotype D-K

It is the serotype of Chlamydia trachomatis that cause Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV)

  • answer>>>Serotype L1-L

It is the following cells that is being used to detect Chlamydia - answer>>>HLMB Hela 220 L McCoy cells BHK-21 cells

It is a Chlamydia that have an inclusion bodies of Halberstaedter Prowazek bodies that includes glycogen - answer>>>C. trachomatis

It is a Chlamydia that have an inclusion bodies of Levintahal cole lillie bodies that do not include glycogen - answer>>>C. psittaci

What are the species under Spotted fever? - answer>>>R. ricketsii R. akari R. canorili R. australis

What are the disease of the following bacteria: R. ricketsii R. akari R. canorili

It is considered as the gold standard for Rickettsia infection - answer>>>Indirect IFA

Where do we use Weil Felix Test? - answer>>>for rickettsia infection

The etiological agent of trench fever - answer>>>Bartonella quintana

The etiological agent of cat scratch disease - answer>>>Bartonella henselae

The etiological agent of carrion's disease - answer>>>Bartonella bacilliformis

This bacteria resembled coffee / kidney bean shape - answer>>>Neisseria

It is known to cause glander's disease and farcy, non-motile and cannot grow in 42C - answer>>>Burkholderia mallei

It is known to cause melioidosis that has a longer latent period, synonym for Vietnam time bomb - answer>>>Burkholderia pseudomallei

Do not grow on MAC but grow on BAP showing dark yellow colonies, indole positive and oxidize glucose but not mannitol in OF - answer>>>Flavobacterium indologones

Do not grow on MAC but grow on BAP showing yellow - green colonies, nonsaccharolytic and exhibit fruity odor - answer>>>Flavobacterium odoratum

It exhibit yellow colonies, non-motile and shows gliding motility - answer>>>Capnocytophaga ochraceae

It is the important cause of human bite infection, shows pits or corrodes on the surface, grow well on CAP that requires X factor with bleach-like odor - answer>>>Eikenella corrodens

It is known for musty odor, nonmotile that can cause pasteurellosis - answer>>>Pasteurella

It shows crossed cigars or star shaped if viewed under OIO and shows greenish tinge on BAP and CAP - answer>>>Actinobacillus

Also known as Pfeiffer's bacillus - answer>>>Haemophilus influenzae

It caused the most invasive infections and occurred primarily in young children and a leading cause of meningitis, this also contains ribose, sorbitol and phosphate - answer>>>Haemophilus influenzae Serotype B

It caused acute, contagious conjunctivitis, commonly referred to as "PINK EYE" - answer>>>Haemophilus aegyptius

Also causes a sever systemic disease known as Brazilian Purpuric Fever (BPF) and primarily in pediatric population - answer>>>Haemophilus influenzae Biogroup aegyptius

Causative agent of chancroid commonly referred to as "Soft chancre" - A highly communicable sexually transmitted genital ulcer disease - answer>>>Haemophilus ducreyi

Small gram-negative coccobacilli to long filaments, known for school of fish, railroad tracks and fingerprint - answer>>>Haemophilus ducreyi

In CAP, colonies appear as transparent, tannish, moist, smooth and convex with a distinct mousy or bleach-like odor - answer>>>Haemophilus influenza

It use BCYE to isolate this bacteria - answer>>>Legionella

associated with Legonnaires disease , Pontiac fever that is commonly isolated in ACU, cooling towers, humidifiers, and nebulizers - answer>>>Legionella pneumophila

associated with pittsburg pneumonia - answer>>>Legionella micdadei