Bioterrorism Agents — Flashcards

#1

What is the selective media for B. anthracis?_____

#2

Klebs-Loffler bacillus is another name for _____

#3

_____ makes three exotoxic proteins; protective antigen (PA), lethal factor (LF), and edema factor (EF)

#4

Preformed enterotoxins of _____ act as Superantigens

#5

Smallpox is also known as _____ and is part of the poxvirus family

#6

BioThrax vaccine is obtained from the culture of B.anthracis having the _____ factor adsorbed to aluminium hydroxide.

#7

_____ difficile; botulinum; perfringens; tetani are all obligate anaerobes

#8

Bacillus (anthrax, cereus) is a gram _____ rod

#9

_____ is the entry and development or multiplication of an infectious agent in another organism.

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