Characteristics

Question 1

Tapered / tapering ends (FUSOform bacilli)

Answer 1

Fusobacterium

Question 2

Picket fence / chinese letter arrangement

Answer 2

Corynebacterium

Question 3

Smallest pathogenic bacillus

Answer 3

Haemophilus

Question 4

Largest pathogenic bacillus

Answer 4

Bacillus anthracis

Question 5

Coffee bean-shaped diplococci

Answer 5

Neisseria

Question 6

Lancet-shaped diplococci

Answer 6

S. pneumoniae

Question 7

Composition unique to gram positive cell wall

Answer 7

Teichoic acid

Question 8

Composition unique to gram negative cell wall

Answer 8

Outer membrane
Periplasmic layer

Question 9

Thick peptidoglycan layer

Answer 9

Gram positive

Question 10

Thin peptidoglycan layer

Answer 10

Gram negative

Question 11

Acid fast cell wall contains

Answer 11

MYCOLIC ACID

• waxy layer of glycolipids and fatty acids

Question 12

Outer membrane of gram negative cell wall is composed of:

Answer 12

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE
Proteins
Phospholipids

Question 13

Endotoxin is only seen in what bacteria?

Answer 13

Gram Negative

Question 14

Endotoxin is composed of

Answer 14

Lipopolysaccharide

Question 15

All gram positive organisms DO NOT have endotoxin, EXCEPT:

Answer 15

Listeria monocytogenes

Question 16

Babes-Ernst Granules

Answer 16

Corynebacterium diptheriae

Question 17

Much granules

Answer 17

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Question 18

Bipolar bodies

Answer 18

Yersinia pestis

Question 19

Safety pin appearance

Answer 19

Yersinia pestis

Question 20

Terminal spore

Answer 20

Clostridium tetani

Question 21

Subterminal spore

Answer 21

Clostridium botulinum

Question 22

Central spore

Answer 22

Bacillus anthracis

Question 23

Tennis racket appearance

Answer 23

Clostridium tetani

Question 24

Boxcar appearance

Answer 24

Bacillus anthracis