Clostridium

Question 1

Causative agent of Tetanus

Answer 1

Clostridium tetani

Question 2

Morphology of Clostridium

Answer 2

Straight, slender rod shaped (Gram variable)

Question 3

True or False,

Clostridium does not ferment Carbohydrates

Answer 3

True

Question 4

3 toxins produced by Clostridium tetani

Answer 4

1. Tetanospasmin
2. Tetanolysin
3. Peripherally active non-spasmogenic toxin

Question 5

What toxin produced by Clostridium tetani is responsible for characteristic feature of tetanus

Answer 5

Tetanospasmin

Question 6

What toxin produced by Clostridium tetani is responsible for local tissue necrosis favorable for multiplication

Answer 6

Tetanolysin

Question 7

Travel route of Tetanospasmin

Answer 7

Nerve trunk to Spinal Cord

Question 8

Tetanospasmin inhibits the release of ________ which is a transmitter substance responsible for inhibitory nerve network of spinal cord

Answer 8

Glycine

Question 9

Portals of entry of Clostridium tetani

Answer 9

1. Nail wounds in horses
2. Castration
3. Calving, dehorning, nose ringing (Cattle)
4. Autointoxication
5. Umbilical Cord in Newborns

Question 10

This toxin produced by Clostridium tetani has a paralytic action on PNS and inactivation of inhibitory nerve network

Answer 10

Tetanospasmin

Question 11

This species of Clostridium is a source of potent neurotoxin characterized by Flaccid Paralysis

Answer 11

Clostridium botulinum

Question 12

Morphology of Clostridium botulinum

Answer 12

Oval spores, centric and eccentric

Question 13

Major Metabolic End product of all strains

Answer 13

Acetic Acid

Question 14

This toxin consists of hemagglutinin moiety

Answer 14

Botulism toxin

Question 15

True or False,

Botulism toxin is released during lysis of cell

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Disease caused by Clostridium perfringens A

Answer 16

Yellow Lamb Disease

Question 17

Disease caused by Clostridium perfringens E

Answer 17

Enterotoxemia in lambs and calves

Question 18

What clostridia causes necrotic enteritis of sheep

Answer 18

Clostridium perfringens C

Question 19

Disease caused by Clostridium perfringens B

Answer 19

Lamb dysentery, hemorrhagic enteritis of sheep and goats

Question 20

What clostridia causes redwater disease infectious icterohemoglobinuria

Answer 20

Clostridium hemolyticum

Question 21

What clostridia causes black leg, black quarter, quarter evil, symptomatic anthrax

Answer 21

C. chauvoei

Question 22

What clostridia causes malignant edema Braxy or bradsot

Answer 22

C. septicum

Question 23

Disease caused by Clostridium novyi

Answer 23

Big head in rams Black disease

Question 24

Disease caused by Clostridium difficile

Answer 24

Enterotoxemia in hamsters

Question 25

What clostridia is responsible for Ulcerative enteritis or quail disease

Answer 25

C. colinum

Question 26

Disease caused by Clostridium villosum

Answer 26

Subcutaneous abscesses in cats

Question 27

Synonyms of Clostridium perfringens

Answer 27

C. welchii, Gas Bacillus, Welch bacillus

Question 28

What is the phospholipase C produced by Clostridium perfringens

Answer 28

Lecithinase

Question 29

What species of clostridia is Clostridium hemolyticum closely related to

Answer 29

C. novyi (Type D)

Question 30

Other name of Clostridium chauvoei

Answer 30

Clostridium feseri

Question 31

Other name of Clostridium septicum

Answer 31

Ghon-Sachs bacillus

Question 32

4 toxins of Clostridium perfringens

Answer 32

Alpha, Beta, Epsilon, Iota

Question 33

Clostridium botulinum strain A causes this disease in chickens

Answer 33

Botulism

Question 34

Clostridium botulinum strain C causes this disease in Ducks and wild birds

Answer 34

Limberneck, Western Duck disease

Question 35

What strain of C. botulinum causes Lamsiekte/Lame sickness in cattle

Answer 35

Clostridium botulinum strain D

Question 36

This disease is characterized by dysphagia tremors, weakness, recumbency followed by death

Answer 36

Shaker foal syndrome