FSC 342 Exam 1 Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update 2026
Serotyping - Answers Reactivity of two surface structures: O antigen on cell wall, and H antigen
on flagella.
Phage Typing - Answers Strains withing a particular serotype differentiated based upon their
patterns of susceptibility to lysis by a series of bacteriophages.
Biotyping - Answers Different fermentation reactions with selected substrates, in many
serotypes there are few biochemical tests in which significantly numbers of strains behave
differently.
Plasmid Typing - Answers Alternative typing strategy provided that the strain contains plasmids.
Enteric - Answers Bacterial members of the family Enterobacteriaceae that are Gram-negative
rods, are nonmotile or motile by peritrichous flagella, and are facultative anaerobes.
Coliform - Answers Commonly found in soil, on vegetation, and in surface water. They also live
in the intestine of warm-blooded animals.
Mastitis in dairy cows - Answers When the bacteria sheds to the milk.
Psychrotrophic - Answers C. Botulinum Group II
Yersinia
Listeria
Bacillus Cereus
V. Parahaemolyticus
Mesophilic - Answers C. botulinum Group I
C. perfringens
E. Coli
Salmonella
Shigella
Campylobacter
Vibrio (NOT parahaemolyticus)
Staph aureus
S. Typhimurium - Answers D104
, E. Coli - Answers O157:H7
Vibrio - Answers Non O1
Non O139
Non motile - Answers C. perfringens
EIEC
Shigella
Facultative Anaerobe - Answers Salmonella
E Coli
Yersinia
Shigella
Vibrio
Anaerobic - Answers C. botulinum
C. perfringens
Microaerobic - Answers Campylobacter
Short Rod - Answers Salmonella,
E Coli
Yersinia,
Shigella
Listeria,
Clostridium
S Shaped Rod - Answers Campylobacter
Comma Shaped Rod - Answers Vibrio
Large Rod - Answers Bacillus
Gram Negative - Answers Salmonella,
E Coli
Serotyping - Answers Reactivity of two surface structures: O antigen on cell wall, and H antigen
on flagella.
Phage Typing - Answers Strains withing a particular serotype differentiated based upon their
patterns of susceptibility to lysis by a series of bacteriophages.
Biotyping - Answers Different fermentation reactions with selected substrates, in many
serotypes there are few biochemical tests in which significantly numbers of strains behave
differently.
Plasmid Typing - Answers Alternative typing strategy provided that the strain contains plasmids.
Enteric - Answers Bacterial members of the family Enterobacteriaceae that are Gram-negative
rods, are nonmotile or motile by peritrichous flagella, and are facultative anaerobes.
Coliform - Answers Commonly found in soil, on vegetation, and in surface water. They also live
in the intestine of warm-blooded animals.
Mastitis in dairy cows - Answers When the bacteria sheds to the milk.
Psychrotrophic - Answers C. Botulinum Group II
Yersinia
Listeria
Bacillus Cereus
V. Parahaemolyticus
Mesophilic - Answers C. botulinum Group I
C. perfringens
E. Coli
Salmonella
Shigella
Campylobacter
Vibrio (NOT parahaemolyticus)
Staph aureus
S. Typhimurium - Answers D104
, E. Coli - Answers O157:H7
Vibrio - Answers Non O1
Non O139
Non motile - Answers C. perfringens
EIEC
Shigella
Facultative Anaerobe - Answers Salmonella
E Coli
Yersinia
Shigella
Vibrio
Anaerobic - Answers C. botulinum
C. perfringens
Microaerobic - Answers Campylobacter
Short Rod - Answers Salmonella,
E Coli
Yersinia,
Shigella
Listeria,
Clostridium
S Shaped Rod - Answers Campylobacter
Comma Shaped Rod - Answers Vibrio
Large Rod - Answers Bacillus
Gram Negative - Answers Salmonella,
E Coli
