Which microorganism is used in the production of penicillin?
a) Escherichia coli
b) Streptococcus pneumoniae
c) Penicillium notatum
d) Bacillus subtilis
Which bacteria is commonly used in the production of insulin?
a) Streptococcus
b) Escherichia coli
c) Clostridium botulinum
d) Bacillus anthracis
Which microorganism is responsible for tuberculosis?
a) Clostridium tetani
b) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
c) Escherichia coli
d) Salmonella typhi
Which microorganism is used in the production of vaccines?
a) Lactobacillus
b) Clostridium botulinum
c) Attenuated viruses
d) Aspergillus
Which bacteria is responsible for food poisoning due to contaminated dairy and poultry?
a) Helicobacter pylori
b) Clostridium botulinum
c) Salmonella
d) Bacillus anthracis
Which microorganism is responsible for causing malaria?
a) Plasmodium
b) Trypanosoma
c) Leishmania
d) Toxoplasma
Which bacteria is used in the fermentation of yogurt?
a) Streptococcus thermophilus
b) Escherichia coli
c) Clostridium tetani
d) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Which microorganism is used for the production of ethanol in biotechnology?
a) Saccharomyces cerevisiae
b) Escherichia coli
c) Bacillus subtilis
d) Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Which microorganism is responsible for diphtheria?
a) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
b) Streptococcus pyogenes
c) Mycobacterium leprae
d) Vibrio cholerae
Which bacteria is used in probiotics to promote gut health?
a) Lactobacillus
b) Clostridium
c) Vibrio
d) Treponema
Which microorganism is responsible for the bubonic plague?
a) Yersinia pestis
b) Vibrio cholerae
c) Mycobacterium leprae
d) Clostridium difficile
Which bacterium is responsible for tetanus?
a) Clostridium tetani
b) Bacillus anthracis
c) Escherichia coli
d) Vibrio cholerae
Which virus is responsible for COVID-19?
a) Influenza virus
b) SARS-CoV-2
c) HIV
d) Hepatitis B virus
Which microorganism is used in the production of antibiotics like streptomycin?
a) Streptomyces
b) Bacillus
c) Clostridium
d) Vibrio
Which protozoan causes sleeping sickness?
a) Plasmodium
b) Trypanosoma
c) Leishmania
d) Toxoplasma
Which bacterium causes cholera?
a) Escherichia coli
b) Salmonella typhi
c) Vibrio cholerae
d) Bacillus anthracis
Which microorganism is used in genetic engineering for gene transfer?
a) Agrobacterium tumefaciens
b) Clostridium tetani
c) Treponema pallidum
d) Vibrio cholerae
Which microorganism is used in baking to produce carbon dioxide?
a) Escherichia coli
b) Saccharomyces cerevisiae
c) Bacillus anthracis
d) Clostridium botulinum
Which bacteria are used for nitrogen fixation in soil?
a) Rhizobium
b) Escherichia coli
c) Mycobacterium
d) Clostridium
Which virus causes smallpox?
a) Variola virus
b) Rabies virus
c) Dengue virus
d) Epstein-Barr virus
Which microorganism is responsible for syphilis?
a) Treponema pallidum
b) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
c) Clostridium tetani
d) Escherichia coli
Which bacteria produce botulinum toxin, one of the most potent neurotoxins?
a) Clostridium botulinum
b) Streptococcus pneumoniae
c) Escherichia coli
d) Bacillus subtilis
Which microorganism is used in bioremediation to clean oil spills?
a) Pseudomonas
b) Vibrio
c) Clostridium
d) Mycobacterium
Which bacterium is commonly used in recombinant DNA technology?
a) Escherichia coli
b) Bacillus anthracis
c) Clostridium tetani
d) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Which microorganism is used to produce vitamin B12?
a) Propionibacterium
b) Lactobacillus
c) Escherichia coli
d) Streptococcus
Which bacteria are known for causing pneumonia?
a) Streptococcus pneumoniae
b) Escherichia coli
c) Clostridium botulinum
d) Bacillus subtilis
Which microorganism is responsible for leprosy?
a) Mycobacterium leprae
b) Treponema pallidum
c) Clostridium tetani
d) Salmonella typhi
Which bacteria are responsible for typhoid fever?
a) Salmonella typhi
b) Vibrio cholerae
c) Bacillus anthracis
d) Escherichia coli
