1. Introduction to Microbiology

Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea is usually preceded by which of the following?

Where are nitrogen-fixing bacteria typically found?

Which of the following statements best describes the consequence if a bacterial cell loses its plasmid?

How do facultative anaerobic bacteria differ from obligate aerobes and obligate anaerobes?

Which of the following best describes the structure assembled on top of the cytoplasmic membrane in Gram-positive bacteria?

Which of the following diseases is most frequently caused by Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococci)?

Which reason best explains why bacteria are effective at causing infections in other organisms?

Which cell structures does Neisseria gonorrhoeae primarily use to attach to and enter host epithelial cells?

Which of the following statements regarding prokaryotes is false?

Which two domains consist of prokaryotic organisms?

Peptidoglycan is an important component of the cell walls of which type of microbes?

Why do bacteria initially persist within a predatory cell during the early stages of infection?

Cationic detergents disrupt the cell by targeting which bacterial structure?

Which structure protects bacteria from being phagocytized by white blood cells?

Which of the following applications have pseudomonas bacteria been genetically engineered to perform?