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  • Question
  • In the pour plate method, the mixed culture is diluted directly in tubes of


  • Options
  • A. liquid agar medium
  • B. sterile liquid usually water
  • C. both (a) and (b)
  • D. none of these

  • Correct Answer
  • liquid agar medium 


  • More questions

    • 1. The straightforward method of binary fission explains how bacteria

    • Options
    • A. grow in nutrient agar
    • B. evolve
    • C. move
    • D. reproduce
    • Discuss
    • 2. Slippery pickles occur due to

    • Options
    • A. growth of encapsulated bacteria
    • B. broken scums of film yeasts on the surface of brine
    • C. addition of high amount of salt
    • D. both (a) and (b)
    • Discuss
    • 3. Implicit factors

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    • A. depend on developing microflora
    • B. can be synergistic
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. The most popular method for typing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is

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    • A. antibiogram
    • B. serotyping
    • C. bacteriophage
    • D. pyocin
    • Discuss
    • 5. The endosymbiosis hypothesis provides an explanation for how

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    • A. eukaryotes developed from prokayotes
    • B. prokaryotes developed from eukaryotes
    • C. algae developed from protozoa
    • D. protozoa developed from algae
    • Discuss
    • 6. The early assay employed for measuring penicillin activity were based upon the quantity required to prevent growth of S. aureus over

    • Options
    • A. 20 mm diameter zone using the cylinder plate method of assay
    • B. 24 mm diameter zone using the cylinder plate method of assay
    • C. 200 mm diameter zone using the cylinder plate method of assay
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. The Sarcina sickness of beer, caused by Pedicoccus cerevisiae, is characterized by

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    • A. sourness
    • B. turbidity
    • C. popiness
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. Both strands of DNA serve as templates concurrently in

    • Options
    • A. replication
    • B. excision repair
    • C. mismatch repair
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. Each of the 3 virulence factors of Bacillus anthracis i.e. the capsule, edema toxin and lethal toxin can affect the activity of

    • Options
    • A. B cells
    • B. macrophages
    • C. ciliated epithelial cells
    • D. M cells
    • Discuss
    • 10. "Vinegar mother" in Orleans process is

    • Options
    • A. inoculum of acetobacter bacteria used
    • B. considerable slime and film growth of Acetobacter bacteria on the surface of the alcoholic broth
    • C. cellulosic strands produced by Acetobacter bacteria to hold cells together
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss


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