12. Family Alcaligenaceae

Question 1

Oxygen requirements for the Family Alcaligenaceae

Answer 1

Obligate aerobes

Question 2

Substance required by the Family Alcaligenaceae for growth

Answer 2

Nicotinic acid

Question 3

Nonmotile spp. Bordatella spp.

Answer 3

B. pertussis

B. parapertussis

Question 4

Motile Bordatella spp.

Answer 4

B. bronchiseptica

Question 5

Body part where B. pertussis and B. parapertussis can be isolated

Answer 5

Human respiratory tract

Question 6

Protection from B. pertussis wanes after

Answer 6

3 - 5 years

Question 7

Genera under the family Alcaligenaceae

Answer 7

Bordatella spp.
Achromobacter spp.
Alcaligenes spp.

Question 8

Causative agent of Whooping cough

Answer 8

B. pertussis

Question 9

Immunity from B. pertussis is undetectable by

Answer 9

12 years

Question 10

Laboratory diagnosis of B. pertussis (3)

Answer 10

• DFA on nasal specimen
• PCR
• Culture of nasal specimen

Question 13

Disease caused by B. pertussis

Answer 13

Whooping cough