Statistics for Bacteria 1

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What is the name given to an infection which is generally contracted in hospitals?	Nosocomial	66%
What is the term for a sphere shaped bacteria?	Cocci	64%
Which of negative/positive has LPS?	Negative	48%
What word meaning tail, is how bacteria propel themselves?	Flagella	45%
Which clostridium bacter produces endospores to survive in the environment and may cause gas gangrene?	Perfringens	36%
What layer of the gram+ve cells is thicker leading to the retention of the stain?	Peptidoglycan	30%
Which major bacteria does not gram stain due to lack of cell wall, and is known to cause non-gonococcal urethritis?	Chlamydia	27%
What aspect of bacterias structure is utilised by airosole bacteria to prevent them from drying out?	Capsule	20%
What is name for the space between the two gram negative membranes that contains hydrolytic enzymes ?	Periplasm	18%
What is a term for bacteria that can grow with or without oxygen?	Facultative anaerobes	14%
By what process do bacterial cells divide?	Binary fision	11%
And if they can only survive without oxygen (e.g. clostridium)?	Obligate anaerobes	11%
What part of LPS, due to being an endotoxin may lead to Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)?	Lipid A	5%
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%