Microbiology MCQs (Quiz 18) Posted on June 11, 2026Author agropublishers 0 1. Typhoid fever is caused by __________ Vibrio cholerae Bacillus anthracis Salmonella Typhi Staphylococcus aureus 2. Cholera is caused by ___________________ Vibrio cholerae Mycobacterium tuberculosis Escherichia coli Shigella dysenteriae 3. Louis Pasteur developed a vaccine against __________________ Typhoid Rabies Tuberculosis Smallpox 4. Edward Jenner developed a successful vaccine that protect against __________ Smallpox Rabies Polio Tuberculosis 5. Scientific study of bacteriophages contributed significantly to ___________ Plant pathology Molecular genetics Industrial fermentation Food microbiology 6. ___________________ are specialized invaginations of the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane Mesosomes Nucleoids Plasmids Ribosomes 7. _____________________ is the scientist who coined the term “cell” Pasteur Robert Hooke Koch Leeuwenhoek 8. _________________________ is regarded as the Father of Modern Bacteriology Louis Pasteur Edward Jenner Robert Koch Alexander Fleming 9. The Gram staining technique was developed by ___________________ Hans Christian Gram Robert Koch Louis Pasteur Joseph Lister 10. The reproductive structure bearing conidia is called ___________ Rhizoid Ascus Basidium Conidiophore Loading … Question 1 of 10