Bacteria 1 - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
What is the term for a sphere shaped bacteria? Cocci
66%
What is the name given to an infection which is generally contracted in hospitals? Nosocomial
61%
Which of negative/positive has LPS? Negative
53%
What word meaning tail, is how bacteria propel themselves? Flagella
48%
Which clostridium bacter produces endospores to survive in the environment and may cause gas gangrene? Perfringens
31%
What layer of the gram+ve cells is thicker leading to the retention of the stain? Peptidoglycan
28%
What aspect of bacterias structure is utilised by airosole bacteria to prevent them from drying out? Capsule
25%
Which major bacteria does not gram stain due to lack of cell wall, and is known to cause non-gonococcal urethritis? Chlamydia
25%
What is name for the space between the two gram negative membranes that contains hydrolytic enzymes ? Periplasm
20%
What is a term for bacteria that can grow with or without oxygen? Facultative anaerobes
11%
By what process do bacterial cells divide? Binary fision
9%
And if they can only survive without oxygen (e.g. clostridium)? Obligate anaerobes
9%
What part of LPS, due to being an endotoxin may lead to Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)? Lipid A
6%
In gram staining what stain is washed out of negative cells? Iodine-crystal violet complex
2%
What is found in the "nose" of bacterial cells that allow them to move towards or away from nutrients/toxins by chemotaxis? Chemoreceptors
0%
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