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Which one of the following is an important virulence factor of Bacillus anthracis?

A. Protective antigen
B. Lipopolysaccharide
C. Pili
D. A toxin that inhibits peptide chain elongation factor EF-2
E. Lecithinase

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In the fall of 2001, a series of letters containing spores of Bacillus anthracis were mailed to members of the media and to U.S. Senate offices. The result was 22 cases of anthrax, with five deaths. The heat resistance of bacterial spores, such as those of Bacillus anthracis, is partly attributable to their dehydrated state and partly to the presence of large amounts of

A. Diaminopimelic acid
B. D-Glutamic acid
Calcium dipicolinate
D. Sulfhydryl-containing proteins
E. Lipid A

Which of the following is the most resistant to destruction by chemicals and heat?

A. Spores of Aspergillus fumigatus
B. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
C. Ebola virus
D. coli
E. Spores of Bacillus anthracis

Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague. Human plague can be bubonic or pneumonic. The primary epidemiologic difference between the two clinical forms of plague is

A. season of the year
B. route of infection
C. age of the patient
D. health of the animal vector
E. All of above

All Bacillus species are known as

A. endospore formers
B. obligate anaerobes
C. obligate aerobes
D. both a and b
E. both a and c

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