Rod Shaped Organisms Study Quiz

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Slender, slightly curved or straight, rod shaped organisms

Mycobacterium

Non-motile, strict aerobes and non spore formers

Mycobacterium

Mycobacterium are slow growers except

M. fortuitum & M. chelonei

Cell wall : high lipid content and mycolic acid

Mycobacterium Signup and view all the answers

Other name of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Koch bacillus Signup and view all the answers

It is an obligate aerobe that requires CO2 for growth (5-10%)

Koch bacillus Signup and view all the answers

Virulence factor of koch bacillus

Cord dactor & sulfatides Signup and view all the answers

Digestant and decontaminating agent

2-4% NaOH Signup and view all the answers

Liquefying agent

N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NALC) Signup and view all the answers

Decontaminate specimens contaminated with pseudomonas aeruginosa

5-6% Oxalic acid Signup and view all the answers

Hematoxylin instead of methylene blue as counterstain

Fite-Faracos Signup and view all the answers

More sensitive than the carbol fuchsin stain

Auramine-rhodamine fluorochrome stain (Truants) Signup and view all the answers

For color blind individuals

Spenglers Signup and view all the answers

Positive color of MTb in Niacin test

Yellow Signup and view all the answers

Negative color of M. bovis

No color change Signup and view all the answers

Positive result in catalase test at 68 degree C

45mm height of gas bubbles Signup and view all the answers

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