Mycobacterium

Question 1

Mycobacterium stains

a. Gram positive
b. Gram negative
c. Acid fast
d. A and C
e. B and C

Answer 1

d

Question 2

What acid is present in Mycobacterium cell wall that accounts for 60% of cell wall weight?

Answer 2

mycolic acid

Question 3

False about Mycobacterium

a. resistant to detergents
b. grows slow
c. intracellular
d. motile

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which Mycobacterium species is present in BCG vaccine?

Answer 4

Mycobacterium bovis

Question 5

Mycobacterium virulent strains shows what kind of morphology in acid fast stain?

Answer 5

Shows cord growth (serpentine arrangement)

Question 6

another name for acid fast stain

Answer 6

Kinyoun stain