Adherence to the intestinal lining by a bacterium may be due to its possession of _____. A) endospores B) pili C) a flagellum D) F+ plasmid

Write a paragraph describing the microscopic morphology of: a) Clostridium perfringes b) Clostridium tetani C) Clostridium botulinum

Write a paragraph describing the colonies of: A) Clostridium perfringes B) Clostridium tetani C) Clostridium botulinum

Which of the following is not applicable to Legionella pneumophila, or to the disease it causes, Legionnaire's disease? A) O It causes an atypical form of pneumonia B) OFound in the environment, typically as an intracellular parasite of amoebas C) O lt is a Gram-negative motile rod D) OIt is a foodborne disease E) OIt is an invasive pathogen that can multiply within macrophages

Cholera is most commonly transmitted through which route?         A)Wound contamination         3)The bite of a tick         4)Fecally contaminated water         5)Close physical contact

1) Which of the following apply(ies) to Bacillus cereus and Bacillus anthracis? Choose all that apply: a) B. anthracis forms spores while B. cereus does not b) B. cereus is more lethal when it causes an infection c) B. anthracis has extra-chromosomal DNA that makes it more pathogenic d) Despite their similar names, the two are actually not at all related e) The 16S rRNA gene sequences of these bacteria are more than 99% identical, meaning that they are actually members of the same species

In E. coli, the passage of traits from parent to daughter cell occurs via A) transformation B) O integration of a plasmid into the host chromosome C) binary fission D) O horizontal gene transfer E) O Two of the above

Which type of infection is the MOST easily spread to the largest number of people?   Question 3 options:   a)  gastrointestinal   b)  vector-borne   c)  respiratory   d)  sexually transmitted

The current treatment for cataracts involves surgery to replace the entire lens of the eye with an artificial lens. Cataracts develops over time as a person ages because lens cells do not have   A )an outer membrane B) a cytoskeleton C) the ability to activate cell death pathways D) regeneration or repair mechanisms

Which antibiotic listed would be most effective against E Coli?