FRANCISELLA

Question 1

Small, obligately aerobic, non-motile
coccobacillus

Answer 1

FRANCISELLA SP

Question 2

Species of Francisella

Answer 2

Francisella tularensis (subsp. tularensis
(type A), subsp.
holarctica (type B), subsp. mediasiatica.

Question 3

Category A bioterrorism

Answer 3

Biosafety level 3

Question 4

Francisella is trsnsmitted by

Answer 4

VECTOR

Question 5

Virulence factor Francisella

Answer 5

capsule

Question 6

vECTOR IN FRANCISELLA

Answer 6

Deer flies and ticks

Question 7

Reservoir of Francisella

Answer 7

Cottontail rabbit

Question 8

grown on chocolate agar. After
72 hours of incubation,
gray-white, raised colonies
with a smooth appearance
are visible.

Answer 8

Francisella
tularensis colonies

Question 9

In Francisella, Gram Stain: requires

Answer 9

acridine orange

Question 10

Culture of Francisella

Answer 10

CAP, MTM, non-selective
buffered charcoal yeast extract (BCYE),
MHA and TSB. NOT MAC

Question 11

Not enhanced by incubation

Answer 11

with
increased CO2, 2 to 4 days for colony
growth.

Question 12

(deer fly or rabbit fever)
zoonotic disease can be acquired through
ingestion of, contact (arthropod bite) with or
inhalation of air around the infected tissue or
carcasses

Answer 12

Tularemia

Question 13

Scrapings from infected ulcers,
lymph node biopsy and sputum

Answer 13

Specimen for Francisella Tularensis

Question 14

In Francisella, An agglutination titer of

Answer 14

1:40
is diagnostic

Question 15

Weak-positive in catalase; (-)
oxidase

Answer 15

Biochemical test of Francisella

Question 16

Cysteine or cystine and
Thiosulfate

Answer 16

Francisella Tularensis Growth factor

Question 17

Gram negative bacilli with faint
bipolar staining

Answer 17

FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS

Question 18

round smooth, bluish gray to white and
slightly mucoid

Answer 18

FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS in culture