A patient has a serious respiratory infection.  A sputum sample yielded a bacterium that did not have any peptidoglycan.  You hypothesize that the identity of this microbe could possibly be ________.

A. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
B. Staphylococcus aureus
C. Borrelia burgdorferi
D. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
E. Streptococcus pneumoniae


Answer: D

Biology & Microbiology

You might also like to view...

Which of the following is caused by a virus?

a. pernicious anemia b. sickle cell anemia c. infectious mononucleosis d. hemolytic anemia e. iron-deficiency anemia

Biology & Microbiology

Clusters of Hox genes are found in

a. flies and frogs only b. flies only c. plants only d. nearly all animals

Biology & Microbiology

Which is not thought to be a possible consequence of global warming?

What will be an ideal response?

Biology & Microbiology

Fermentation

A. is equivalent to aerobic respiration in ATP production. B. requires an organic electron acceptor. C. only occurs in aerobic organisms. D. requires oxygen.

Biology & Microbiology