MicroMan

Question 1

What colour is a Gram +ve stain and what is the structure?

Answer 1

Colour: Purple
Structure: Thick Peptidoglycan wall, thin plasma membrane

Question 2

What colour is a Gram -ve stain and what is the structure?

Answer 2

Colour: Pink
Structure: Lipposacharide and protein outer membrane, thin Peptidoglycan wall, thin plasma membrane

Question 3

What type of Bacteria is Staphylococcus?

Answer 3

Gram-Positive Cocci Cluster

Question 4

What type of bacteria Is Streptococci

Answer 4

Gram-Positive cocci chain

Question 5

What type of bacteria are Neisseria

Answer 5

Gram-Negative Cocci

Question 6

What type of bacteria is Clostridium

Answer 6

Gram-Positive bacilli (rod)

Question 7

What type of bacteria is E.Coli

Answer 7

Gram-Negative Bacilli (rod)

Question 8

What type of bacteria is Haemophilus Influenzae

Answer 8

Gram-Negative Bacilli (rod)

Question 9

What type of bacteria is Pseudominas

Answer 9

Gram-Negative Bacilli (rod)

Question 10

What type of bacteria is Salmonella

Answer 10

Gram-Negative Bacilli (rod)

Question 11

What type of bacteria is Shigella

Answer 11

Gram-Negative Bacilli (rod)

Question 12

What type of bacteria is Campylobacter

Answer 12

Gram-Negative Bacilli (rod)

Question 13

What type of bacteria is Enterococcus

Answer 13

Gram-Positive Cocci chain

Question 14

How do we distinguish between type of staphylococcus?

Answer 14

Coagulase test:
S. Aureus gives +ve result
Most others give -ve result

Question 15

How do we distinguish between type of Streptococci?

Answer 15

Haemolysis test

Question 16

What bacteria?
Result = Alpha (partial) Haemolysis
Green/brown surrounding colonies

Answer 16

S. Pneumonia

S. Viridans

Question 17

What bacteria?

Result = Gamma (no) Haemolysis

Answer 17

S. bovis

Enterococcus