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Which of the following is not enteric?
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Campylobacter
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Spirillum is not classified as a spirochete because spirochetes ______.
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Posseess Axial Filaments
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Staphylococcus and Streptococcus can be easily differentiated in a laboratory by ______.
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growth in high salt concentrations
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Which of the following does NOT belong with the others??
- Staphylococcus
- Halococcus
- Sulfolobus
- Halobacterium
- Methanobacterium
- Staphylococcus
- Halococcus
- Sulfolobus
- Halobacterium
- Methanobacterium
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- Staphylococcus
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Which of the following is a characteristic of Clostridium?
- gram negative aerobic cocci
- endospore-forming bacillus
- myobacteria
- anaerobic gram-negative rods
- gram negative aerobic cocci
- endospore-forming bacillus
- myobacteria
- anaerobic gram-negative rods
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endospore-forming bacillus
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pathogenic bacteria are easily identified because of ______.
- produce endospores
- grow at 37 degrees C
- are motile
- are gram-negative
- produce endospores
- grow at 37 degrees C
- are motile
- are gram-negative
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NONE OF THESE
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What bacteria are found primarily in the intestines of humans??
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Facultatively Anaerobic Gram-Negative Rods
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Cyanobacteria are different from purple and green phototrophic bacteria because Cyanobacteria _______.
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produce oxygen during photosynthesis
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Rickettsias differ from chlamydias in that rickettsias _____.
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require an arthropod for transmission
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Which of the following is not gram-positive?
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Treponema
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Members of the family Enterobacteriaceae _____.
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- include E coli, Enterobacter, Salmonella, and Shigella
- are facultative anaerobes
- primary reside in the intestinal tracts
- include many medically relevant bacteria
- are facultative anaerobes
- primary reside in the intestinal tracts
- include many medically relevant bacteria
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Movement of spirochetes occurs by means of structures called ____.
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Endoflagella
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Rhizobium ______.
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fix nitrogen nodules on the roots of legumes
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Which of the following colonize in the vagina during child-bearing years?
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Lactobacilli
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The purple sulfur and green sulfur bacteria _____>
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Both use hydrogen sulfide as a source of electrons
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A particular characteristic of disease-causing Streptococcus is ______.
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Beta-Hemolysis
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It has been estimated that 99% of the intestinal bacteria are ____.
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Obligate Anaerobes
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Treponema and Borrelia ____.
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ARE Spirochetes
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Which causes uncontrolled growth of plant tissue, resulting in a tumor?
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Agrobacterium
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Pseudomonas _____.
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Are resistant to many disinfectants/antimicrobials AND are mostly harmless except for the opportunistic P. aeruginosa