Endospore Staining MCQs Mock Test

Which sterilization method effectively kills endospores?

A patient with food poisoning may have ingested:

Which bacterial genera commonly produce endospores?

Endospores appear _____ under the microscope after Schaeffer-Fulton staining.

In Dorner’s method, the counterstain is:

The primary function of an endospore is:

The Klein method uses which dye instead of malachite green?

Phase-contrast microscopy can detect endospores because they appear:

A mature, free endospore appears as:

The best magnification to view endospores is:

Why is endospore staining considered a differential stain?

The mordant in endospore staining is:

If malachite green is not properly steamed, what happens?

The background in Dorner’s method appears:

Endospore staining helps diagnose infections caused by:

In Schaeffer-Fulton staining, vegetative cells appear:

The primary stain in the Schaeffer-Fulton method is:

What is an endospore?

Which method uses acid-alcohol as a decolorizer?

Which staining method is most commonly used in labs?

The Abbott method uses:

The decolorizer in the Schaeffer-Fulton method is:

Endospores are formed in response to:

Which pathogen causes tetanus and forms endospores?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of endospores?

Which method uses carbolfuchsin as the primary stain?

Why is malachite green used despite being toxic?

Vegetative cells appear _____ after Schaeffer-Fulton staining.

Endospores are NOT found in:

Heat is used in endospore staining to: