Which of the following statements is false about Brucella?: (A) It causes undulant /Malta / Mediterranean fever, (B) Is is gram negative coccobacilli, (C) It can be killed by pasteurisation, (D) It is a strict anaerobe
Answer is D. Brucellae are strict aerobes and do not grow anaerobically. Brucellae consists of very small, non-motile, aerobic, Gram-negative coccobacillus that grows poorly on ordinary media and has little fermentative powers. Ref: Textbook of microbiology; Ananthanarayana and paniker's; 10th edition; Pg:345