Quiz 6

In 1877, Robert Koch isolated this bacterium:

Bacillus anthracis

This microorganism has three distinct forms that affect humans:

Bacillus anthracis

This bacterium is responsible for "Whooping Cough":

Bordetella pertusis

This microorganism is responsible for gastroenteritis due to improperly cooked poultry:

Campylobacter jejuni

This is the most significant opportunistic pathogen of all the enterics:

Escherichia coli

This genus of pathogenic bacteria is commonly found in the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract:

Haemophilus

This enteric is non-motile:

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Legionnaire's Disease is caused by this microorganism:

Legionella pneumophilia

This bacterium forms swarming colonies:

Proteus

This bacterium is responsible for secondary infections in burn patients:

Pseudomonas

It is estimated that 1 in 20,000 eggs sold in the United States contains this bacterium:

Salmonella

This bacterium is responsible for the disease bacillary dysentery:

Shigella

Rice-water stool is a characteristic of this microorganism:

Vibrio cholera

This bacteria is responsible for Asiatic or epidemic cholera:

Vibrio cholerae

This bacterium is commonly found in rats and wild rodents:

Yersinia pestis

This microorganism is responsible for the bubonic plague:

Yersinia pestis

The most dangerous form of anthrax is

inhalation