Mycoplasma Characteristics and Growth
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What type of bacteria are Rickettsias?

  • Atypical spiral-shaped cells
  • Rod-shaped, coccoid, or pleomorphic cells (correct)
  • Spherical cells
  • Long and gram-positive bacteria
  • How do Rickettsias reproduce?

  • By forming spores outside the host cell
  • By releasing toxins into the host's bloodstream
  • By conjugation with other Rickettsia cells
  • By binary fission in the cytoplasm of host cells (correct)
  • Which disease is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii?

  • Lyme disease
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (correct)
  • Malaria
  • Influenza
  • What are the symptoms of Typhus?

    <p>Flu-like symptoms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a characteristic feature of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection?

    <p>Causes 'walking pneumonia'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why were Mycoplasma initially mistaken for viruses?

    <p>They lack a cell wall</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What makes Mycoplasma infections chronic and difficult to eliminate?

    <p>Their tenacious binding to receptor sites</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do the symptoms of Mycoplasma pneumoniae differ from pneumococcal pneumonia?

    <p>Mycoplasma pneumoniae symptoms are not suggestive of pneumonia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which bacteria can be sexually transmitted and may also pass from a mother to her baby during childbirth?

    <p>Mycoplasma hominis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which bacterium is implicated in pelvic inflammatory disease and other reproductive organ infections?

    <p>Mycoplasma genitalium</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which bacterium is associated with nonspecific or nongonococcal urethritis and prostatitis?

    <p>Ureaplasma urealyticum</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which bacterium is very common in the genital tract of both women and men and often accompanies other STDs?

    <p>Mycoplasma genitalium</p> Signup and view all the answers

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