Preparing for the ASCP MLS Exam, AMT, AIMS, or other international medical laboratory certification tests? One of the most important areas of microbiology is the identification of Gram-positive bacilli, which includes clinically significant organisms such as Bacillus, Clostridium, Corynebacterium, Listeria, Actinomyces, Nocardia, and Erysipelothrix.
This section of the mock test series brings you a comprehensive set of 100 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) designed to strengthen your understanding of laboratory diagnosis, cultural characteristics, biochemical reactions, and pathogenic significance of Gram-positive bacilli.
Key areas covered in this practice set:
- Identification of aerobic and anaerobic spore-forming bacilli (Bacillus and Clostridium species)
- Differentiation of Listeria monocytogenes from similar organisms
- Laboratory diagnosis of Corynebacterium diphtheriae including Elek test and culture media
- Distinguishing features of branching bacilli such as Nocardia and Actinomyces
- Special pathogens including Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae and Cutibacterium acnes
- Colony morphology, toxin production, and biochemical test results used in routine identification
This Part 26 of the Free ASCP MLS Exam Practice Question series includes 100 MCQs (2141–2240) focused entirely on Gram-positive bacilli identification. Each question is designed to simulate the actual exam format and improve your critical reasoning in microbiology.
100 MCQs (2141-2240):
- Which of the following is a characteristic feature of Bacillus anthracis?
a) Beta-hemolysis on blood agar
b) Motile
c) Non-hemolytic, medusa-head colonies
d) Catalase-negative - Clostridium perfringens is best identified by:
a) Lecithinase production on egg yolk agar
b) Urease positivity
c) Oxidase positivity
d) Tumbling motility - Which gram-positive bacillus exhibits “tumbling motility” at 25°C?
a) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
b) Listeria monocytogenes
c) Bacillus cereus
d) Clostridium tetani - The reverse CAMP test is used to identify:
a) Streptococcus agalactiae
b) Clostridium perfringens
c) Listeria monocytogenes
d) Bacillus anthracis - Which organism is known for producing a double zone of hemolysis on blood agar?
a) Listeria monocytogenes
b) Clostridium perfringens
c) Bacillus subtilis
d) Corynebacterium jeikeium - Corynebacterium diphtheriae can be presumptively identified by growth on:
a) MacConkey agar
b) Tinsdale tellurite agar
c) Hektoen enteric agar
d) BCYE agar - Which of the following is a spore-forming, anaerobic gram-positive bacillus?
a) Listeria monocytogenes
b) Actinomyces israelii
c) Clostridium difficile
d) Corynebacterium urealyticum - Actinomyces species are characterized by:
a) Aerobic growth
b) Molar-tooth colonies
c) Beta-hemolysis
d) Acid-fast staining - Which test is used to differentiate Listeria monocytogenes from Corynebacterium species?
a) Catalase test
b) Motility at 25°C
c) Oxidase test
d) Urease test - Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is unique among gram-positive bacilli because it:
a) Produces H₂S in TSI agar
b) Is non-hemolytic
c) Is aerobic
d) Forms spores - Which organism is associated with food poisoning due to preformed enterotoxin?
a) Clostridium botulinum
b) Bacillus cereus
c) Listeria monocytogenes
d) Corynebacterium diphtheriae - Cutibacterium acnes (formerly Propionibacterium acnes) is commonly isolated from:
a) Blood cultures as a contaminant
b) Stool samples
c) Sputum cultures
d) Urine cultures - Which gram-positive bacillus is partially acid-fast and forms branching filaments?
a) Nocardia
b) Actinomyces
c) Bacillus
d) Clostridium - Bacillus cereus is differentiated from Bacillus anthracis by:
a) Hemolysis pattern
b) Spore formation
c) Motility
d) Gram stain morphology - Which of the following is an anaerobic, gram-positive bacillus that produces a brick-red fluorescence?
a) Prevotella melaninogenica
b) Porphyromonas asaccharolytica
c) Clostridium perfringens
d) Bacteroides fragilis - Listeria monocytogenes is:
a) Catalase-negative
b) Oxidase-positive
c) Esculin hydrolysis positive
d) Non-motile - Which organism is known to cause diphtheria?
a) Corynebacterium jeikeium
b) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
c) Corynebacterium urealyticum
d) Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis - Clostridium tetani is characterized by:
a) Terminal spores
b) Lecithinase production
c) Double zone hemolysis
d) Glucose fermentation - Which of the following is a gram-positive bacillus that is catalase-positive and non-spore-forming?
a) Bacillus subtilis
b) Listeria monocytogenes
c) Clostridium botulinum
d) Actinomyces israelii - Actinomyces species are often isolated from:
a) Blood cultures
b) Dental abscesses
c) Stool samples
d) Urine cultures - Which organism is associated with gas gangrene?
a) Clostridium perfringens
b) Clostridium difficile
c) Clostridium botulinum
d) Clostridium tetani - Bacillus anthracis is:
a) Motile
b) Non-hemolytic
c) Urease-positive
d) Oxidase-positive - Which test is used to confirm the toxigenicity of Corynebacterium diphtheriae?
a) Elek test
b) CAMP test
c) Coagulase test
d) Optochin test - Nocardia species are best identified by:
a) Gram stain showing beaded, branching rods
b) Spore formation
c) Beta-hemolysis
d) Catalase negativity - Which gram-positive bacillus is resistant to bile and grows on BBE agar?
a) Bacteroides fragilis
b) Clostridium perfringens
c) Actinomyces israelii
d) Listeria monocytogenes - Clostridium difficile is identified by:
a) Yellow, ground-glass colonies on CCFA agar
b) Beta-hemolysis on blood agar
c) Urease production
d) Oxidase positivity - Which organism is a common cause of neonatal meningitis?
a) Listeria monocytogenes
b) Bacillus cereus
c) Clostridium perfringens
d) Corynebacterium diphtheriae - Bacillus cereus is often associated with:
a) Empyema
b) Food poisoning
c) Urinary tract infections
d) Pharyngitis - Which of the following is an aerobic, spore-forming gram-positive bacillus?
a) Clostridium tetani
b) Bacillus subtilis
c) Actinomyces israelii
d) Cutibacterium acnes - Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is transmitted through:
a) Contaminated water
b) Animal contact
c) Airborne droplets
d) Sexual contact - Which Gram-positive bacillus is associated with “Chinese letter” arrangements on Gram stain?
a) Bacillus subtilis
b) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
c) Clostridium difficile
d) Listeria monocytogenes - Which organism produces a powerful neurotoxin leading to flaccid paralysis?
a) Clostridium perfringens
b) Clostridium botulinum
c) Bacillus anthracis
d) Listeria monocytogenes - The selective medium used for isolation of Corynebacterium diphtheriae is:
a) CCFA agar
b) Tinsdale agar
c) Lowenstein-Jensen agar
d) MacConkey agar - A characteristic “drumstick” or “tennis racket” appearance of spores is associated with:
a) Bacillus subtilis
b) Listeria monocytogenes
c) Clostridium tetani
d) Corynebacterium striatum - Which test differentiates Bacillus cereus from Bacillus anthracis?
a) Catalase test
b) Motility test
c) Spore staining
d) Urease test - The toxin responsible for pseudomembrane formation in diphtheria is:
a) Endotoxin
b) Diphtheria exotoxin
c) Lecithinase
d) Neurotoxin - Which Gram-positive bacillus grows at refrigeration temperatures and is linked to contaminated dairy products?
a) Clostridium botulinum
b) Listeria monocytogenes
c) Bacillus anthracis
d) Corynebacterium jeikeium - Which organism causes “erysipeloid,” a zoonotic skin infection in humans?
a) Listeria monocytogenes
b) Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
c) Bacillus cereus
d) Clostridium septicum - Which Gram-positive bacillus is associated with actinomycosis presenting with “sulfur granules”?
a) Actinomyces israelii
b) Bacillus cereus
c) Nocardia asteroides
d) Clostridium difficile - Which organism produces botulinum toxin that can cause foodborne, wound, or infant botulism?
a) Bacillus anthracis
b) Listeria monocytogenes
c) Clostridium botulinum
d) Corynebacterium diphtheriae - Which Gram-positive bacillus is an opportunistic pathogen frequently resistant to multiple antibiotics and causes endocarditis?
a) Corynebacterium jeikeium
b) Bacillus cereus
c) Clostridium perfringens
d) Actinomyces israelii - The characteristic feature of Bacillus anthracis in tissue is:
a) Branching filaments
b) Encapsulated bacilli
c) Sulfur granules
d) Brick-red fluorescence - Which Clostridium species produces an enterotoxin causing antibiotic-associated diarrhea?
a) Clostridium septicum
b) Clostridium difficile
c) Clostridium botulinum
d) Clostridium tetani - A neonatal sepsis case linked to soft cheese is most likely caused by:
a) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
b) Bacillus anthracis
c) Listeria monocytogenes
d) Clostridium botulinum - Which bacillus shows a “Medusa head” colony morphology?
a) Bacillus anthracis
b) Bacillus cereus
c) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
d) Clostridium perfringens - Which anaerobic bacillus produces a potent alpha toxin that causes tissue necrosis and myonecrosis?
a) Clostridium difficile
b) Clostridium perfringens
c) Clostridium tetani
d) Bacillus subtilis - Which organism causes pseudomembranous colitis?
a) Bacillus anthracis
b) Listeria monocytogenes
c) Clostridium difficile
d) Corynebacterium diphtheriae - Which Gram-positive bacillus is nonmotile, catalase-positive, and causes diphtheria?
a) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
b) Bacillus cereus
c) Clostridium tetani
d) Actinomyces israelii - The toxin responsible for gas gangrene is:
a) Beta-lactamase
b) Alpha toxin (lecithinase)
c) Neurotoxin
d) Diphtheria toxin - Which bacillus produces “ground-glass” appearing colonies on CCFA agar?
a) Bacillus anthracis
b) Clostridium difficile
c) Corynebacterium striatum
d) Nocardia species - Which test is used to confirm Listeria monocytogenes infection?
a) Cold enrichment culture
b) Oxidase test
c) Elek test
d) Coagulase test - Which organism shows branching Gram-positive rods and weak acid-fast staining?
a) Actinomyces israelii
b) Nocardia species
c) Corynebacterium jeikeium
d) Clostridium perfringens - Which Clostridium species is linked with malignancy-associated septicemia?
a) Clostridium septicum
b) Clostridium tetani
c) Clostridium difficile
d) Clostridium botulinum - Which bacillus is used as a biological indicator for autoclave sterilization efficacy?
a) Bacillus subtilis
b) Bacillus anthracis
c) Bacillus cereus
d) Bacillus megaterium - Which bacillus produces enterotoxin leading to vomiting-type food poisoning within hours?
a) Clostridium botulinum
b) Listeria monocytogenes
c) Bacillus cereus
d) Corynebacterium diphtheriae - Which Gram-positive bacillus is associated with pulmonary infection resembling tuberculosis?
a) Actinomyces israelii
b) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
c) Nocardia asteroides
d) Bacillus subtilis - Which Clostridium species produces spores with a “subterminal” position?
a) Clostridium difficile
b) Clostridium septicum
c) Clostridium tetani
d) Bacillus anthracis - A Gram-positive bacillus with branching filaments causing brain abscess is most likely:
a) Listeria monocytogenes
b) Corynebacterium striatum
c) Nocardia species
d) Bacillus cereus - Which Corynebacterium is urease positive and causes urinary tract infections?
a) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
b) Corynebacterium urealyticum
c) Corynebacterium jeikeium
d) Corynebacterium xerosis - Which anaerobic Gram-positive bacillus fluoresces chartreuse under UV light?
a) Clostridium difficile
b) Clostridium botulinum
c) Bacillus subtilis
d) Nocardia species - The toxin responsible for tetanus is called:
a) Tetanospasmin
b) Neurolysin
c) Diphtheria toxin
d) Lecithinase - Which organism is associated with “granulomatous cervicofacial lesions”?
a) Nocardia species
b) Actinomyces israelii
c) Bacillus cereus
d) Corynebacterium diphtheriae - Which bacillus is non-spore forming, catalase-positive, and may be misidentified as diphtheroids?
a) Listeria monocytogenes
b) Bacillus anthracis
c) Corynebacterium jeikeium
d) Clostridium septicum - Which bacillus is associated with “reverse CAMP test” enhancement of hemolysis?
a) Clostridium perfringens
b) Bacillus subtilis
c) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
d) Nocardia asteroides - Which medium is used for isolation of Listeria monocytogenes from contaminated food samples?
a) Tinsdale agar
b) Palcam agar
c) MacConkey agar
d) Sabouraud agar - Which Gram-positive bacillus causes “Woolsorter’s disease”?
a) Listeria monocytogenes
b) Clostridium difficile
c) Bacillus anthracis
d) Actinomyces israelii - Which bacillus is associated with antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis?
a) Bacillus subtilis
b) Clostridium difficile
c) Listeria monocytogenes
d) Corynebacterium diphtheriae - Which Gram-positive bacillus is characterized by growth on Loeffler’s medium enhancing metachromatic granules?
a) Bacillus cereus
b) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
c) Clostridium perfringens
d) Listeria monocytogenes - Which Clostridium species is most often implicated in foodborne botulism?
a) Clostridium difficile
b) Clostridium tetani
c) Clostridium botulinum
d) Clostridium septicum - Which Gram-positive bacillus is catalase-positive, non-hemolytic, and a frequent skin contaminant in blood cultures?
a) Bacillus subtilis
b) Corynebacterium striatum
c) Listeria monocytogenes
d) Nocardia asteroides - A gram-positive bacillus isolated from a blood culture is catalase-positive, exhibits “tumbling motility” at 25°C, and is beta-hemolytic. The most likely identification is:
a) Bacillus cereus
b) Listeria monocytogenes
c) Corynebacterium jeikeium
d) Streptococcus agalactiae - Which characteristic is most useful for differentiating Bacillus anthracis from Bacillus cereus?
a) Spore formation
b) Hemolysis pattern
c) Motility
d) Catalase reaction - The “Medusa head” colony appearance is characteristic of:
a) Clostridium perfringens
b) Nocardia brasiliensis
c) Bacillus anthracis
d) Actinomyces israelii - A gram-positive bacillus from a wound infection is box-car shaped, non-motile, and produces a double zone of hemolysis on blood agar. This describes:
a) Clostridium septicum
b) Clostridium perfringens
c) Clostridium difficile
d) Bacillus anthracis - Which of the following organisms is not a spore-former?
a) Bacillus subtilis
b) Clostridium tetani
c) Listeria monocytogenes
d) Paenibacillus anthracis - Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae can be differentiated from other gram-positive bacilli by its:
a) Production of H₂S in TSI agar
b) Inability to grow on blood agar
c) Negative catalase reaction
d) Strict aerobic metabolism - A branching, filamentous, gram-positive bacillus that is modified acid-fast positive is most likely:
a) Actinomyces israelii
b) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
c) Nocardia asteroides
d) Streptomyces somaliensis - The “reverse CAMP test” is positive for which organism?
a) Streptococcus agalactiae
b) Listeria monocytogenes
c) Clostridium perfringens
d) Staphylococcus aureus - Cutibacterium acnes (formerly Propionibacterium acnes) is most commonly associated with:
a) Food poisoning
b) Contamination of blood cultures
c) Urinary tract infections
d) Bacterial vaginosis - A gram-positive bacillus isolated from a diabetic foot ulcer is aerotolerant, catalase-negative, and produces a brick-red fluorescence under UV light. This is most consistent with:
a) Porphyromonas asaccharolytica
b) Clostridium perfringens
c) Bacteroides fragilis
d) Prevotella melaninogenica - Which of the following is an obligate anaerobe?
a) Listeria monocytogenes
b) Bacillus cereus
c) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
d) Clostridium tetani - The ability to grow on media containing 20% bile is a characteristic of:
a) Fusobacterium nucleatum
b) Bacteroides fragilis
c) Prevotella melaninogenica
d) Porphyromonas asaccharolytica - “Sulfur granules” in draining sinus tracts are a classic sign of infection with:
a) Nocardia brasiliensis
b) Actinomyces israelii
c) Streptococcus pyogenes
d) Staphylococcus aureus - A gram-positive bacillus is isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid of a newborn. It is beta-hemolytic and exhibits a positive CAMP test. This organism is:
a) Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Strep)
b) Listeria monocytogenes
c) Escherichia coli
d) Enterococcus faecalis - The toxin produced by Corynebacterium diphtheriae inhibits:
a) Protein synthesis
b) Cell wall synthesis
c) DNA replication
d) Neuromuscular transmission - Which organism requires tellurite-containing medium (e.g., Tinsdale agar) for optimal isolation?
a) Listeria monocytogenes
b) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
c) Bacillus anthracis
d) Clostridium botulinum - A non-spore-forming, gram-positive bacillus that is catalase-positive, nitrate reduction-negative, and non-motile is likely:
a) Corynebacterium species
b) Listeria monocytogenes
c) Bacillus subtilis
d) Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae - The “Nagler reaction” is used to identify the alpha toxin (lecithinase) of:
a) Clostridium perfringens
b) Clostridium difficile
c) Clostridium botulinum
d) Clostridium tetani - Gardnerella vaginalis is noted for:
a) Being a strict aerobe
b) “Clue cells” on wet mount
c) Spore formation
d) Beta-hemolysis on blood agar - Which of the following is a rapid grower (visible within 48 hours) on routine media?
a) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
b) Mycobacterium fortuitum
c) Nocardia asteroides
d) Actinomyces israelii - A gram-positive bacillus from a skin lesion is catalase-positive, non-motile, and produces a black colony on Tinsdale tellurite agar. This is indicative of:
a) Bacillus anthracis
b) Corynebacterium ulcerans
c) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
d) Listeria monocytogenes - The primary habitat of Actinomyces israelii is the:
a) Soil
b) Human gastrointestinal tract
c) Human oropharynx
d) Water - Which test is most reliable for differentiating Listeria monocytogenes from streptococci?
a) Bacitracin susceptibility
b) Catalase test
c) Bile esculin hydrolysis
d) Optochin susceptibility - Clostridium botulinum is characterized by:
a) Flaccid paralysis
b) Spastic paralysis
c) Profuse diarrhea
d) Gas gangrene - A gram-positive bacillus that is resistant to novobiocin and produces a white, non-hemolytic colony is likely:
a) Staphylococcus epidermidis
b) Corynebacterium jeikeium
c) Micrococcus luteus
d) Bacillus subtilis - The “drumstick” appearance is associated with the spores of:
a) Clostridium tetani
b) Clostridium perfringens
c) Clostridium botulinum
d) Bacillus anthracis - Which organism is a common cause of antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis?
a) Clostridium perfringens
b) Clostridium difficile
c) Clostridium botulinum
d) Clostridium septicum - A gram-positive bacillus that is vancomycin-resistant and causes infections in immunocompromised patients is:
a) Corynebacterium jeikeium
b) Lactobacillus acidophilus
c) Bacillus subtilis
d) Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae - The “palisading” arrangement is a characteristic microscopic morphology of:
a) Streptococcus pneumoniae
b) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
c) Staphylococcus aureus
d) Neisseria gonorrhoeae - Which of the following is not a characteristic of Bacillus anthracis?
a) Non-hemolytic
b) Non-motile
c) Susceptible to penicillin
d) Catalase-negative
Answer Key
Answer Key:
- c) Non-hemolytic, medusa-head colonies
- a) Lecithinase production on egg yolk agar
- b) Listeria monocytogenes
- b) Clostridium perfringens
- b) Clostridium perfringens
- b) Tinsdale tellurite agar
- c) Clostridium difficile
- b) Molar-tooth colonies
- b) Motility at 25°C
- a) Produces H₂S in TSI agar
- b) Bacillus cereus
- a) Blood cultures as a contaminant
- a) Nocardia
- c) Motility
- b) Porphyromonas asaccharolytica
- c) Esculin hydrolysis positive
- b) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- a) Terminal spores
- b) Listeria monocytogenes
- b) Dental abscesses
- a) Clostridium perfringens
- b) Non-hemolytic
- a) Elek test
- a) Gram stain showing beaded, branching rods
- b) Clostridium perfringens
- a) Yellow, ground-glass colonies on CCFA agar
- a) Listeria monocytogenes
- b) Food poisoning
- b) Bacillus subtilis
- b) Animal contact
- b) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- b) Clostridium botulinum
- b) Tinsdale agar
- c) Clostridium tetani
- b) Motility test
- b) Diphtheria exotoxin
- b) Listeria monocytogenes
- b) Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
- a) Actinomyces israelii
- c) Clostridium botulinum
- a) Corynebacterium jeikeium
- b) Encapsulated bacilli
- b) Clostridium difficile
- c) Listeria monocytogenes
- a) Bacillus anthracis
- b) Clostridium perfringens
- c) Clostridium difficile
- a) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- b) Alpha toxin (lecithinase)
- b) Clostridium difficile
- a) Cold enrichment culture
- b) Nocardia species
- a) Clostridium septicum
- a) Bacillus subtilis
- c) Bacillus cereus
- c) Nocardia asteroides
- a) Clostridium difficile
- c) Nocardia species
- b) Corynebacterium urealyticum
- a) Clostridium difficile
- a) Tetanospasmin
- b) Actinomyces israelii
- a) Listeria monocytogenes
- a) Clostridium perfringens
- b) Palcam agar
- c) Bacillus anthracis
- b) Clostridium difficile
- b) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- c) Clostridium botulinum
- b) Corynebacterium striatum
- b) Listeria monocytogenes
- c) Motility
- c) Bacillus anthracis
- b) Clostridium perfringens
- c) Listeria monocytogenes
- a) Production of H₂S in TSI agar
- c) Nocardia asteroides
- c) Clostridium perfringens
- b) Contamination of blood cultures
- d) Prevotella melaninogenica
- d) Clostridium tetani
- b) Bacteroides fragilis
- b) Actinomyces israelii
- b) Listeria monocytogenes
- a) Protein synthesis
- b) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- a) Corynebacterium species
- a) Clostridium perfringens
- b) “Clue cells” on wet mount
- b) Mycobacterium fortuitum
- c) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- c) Human oropharynx
- b) Catalase test
- a) Flaccid paralysis
- b) Corynebacterium jeikeium
- a) Clostridium tetani
- b) Clostridium difficile
- a) Corynebacterium jeikeium
- b) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- d) Catalase-negative
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