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When a substance is added to a liquid medium which inhibits the growth of unwanted bacteria and favors the growth of wanted bacteria, it is known as
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A. differential medium
B. enriched medium
C. enrichment medium
D. selective medium
Correct Answer
enrichment medium
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1. Which of the cause(s) has/have been suggested for the chill rings in sausage?
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A. Oxidation
B. Production of organic acids or reducing substances by bacteria
C. Excessive water
D. all of the above
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Correct Answer: all of the above
2. What was the first eukaryotic chromosome to be sequenced?
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A. Yeast chromosome III
B. Yeast chromosome XI
C. Arabidopsis chromosome IV
D. None of these
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Correct Answer: Yeast chromosome III
3. Three stop codons, which aids in termination of translation are also known as
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A. pause codons
B. nonsense codons
C. missense codons
D. antisense codons
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Correct Answer: nonsense codons
4. Which of the following organism has sterols in their cytoplasmic membrane?
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A.
Clostridum
B.
Proteus
C.
Mycoplasma
D.
Bacillius
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Correct Answer:
Mycoplasma
5. In which of the following, lipo-polysaccharide is a major constituent of outer membrane of the cellwall?
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A. Gram-positive bacteria
B. Gram-negative bacteria
C. Fungi
D. None of these
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Correct Answer: Gram-negative bacteria
6. Antigen binding sites of an immunoglobulin are located in
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A. light chain alone
B. heavy chain alone
C. F
c
region of the antibody
D. Fab regions of the antibody
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Correct Answer: Fab regions of the antibody
7. The role of the M cell is to
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A. trap virus in mucus and prevent entry
B. induce apoptosis in virus-infected small intestinal epithelia cells
C. pass bacteria or virus to underlying macrophages for processing and presentation of antigen
D. they use their cilia to propel mucus out of the small intestine
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Correct Answer: pass bacteria or virus to underlying macrophages for processing and presentation of antigen
8. What is the action of tetracycline in prokaryotes?
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A. It blocks translocation reaction on ribosomes
B. It blocks peptidyl transferase reaction on ribosomes
C. It blocks the binding of amino-acyl tRNA to the A site of ribosomes
D. Not known with certainity
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Correct Answer: It blocks the binding of amino-acyl tRNA to the A site of ribosomes
9. Holozoic nutrition is characterized by
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A. phagocytosis of solid nutrients and subsequent formation of phagocytic vacuoles
B. pinocytosis of solid nutrients and subsequent formation of phagocytic vacuoles
C. phagocytosis of soluble nutrients and subsequent formation of phagocytic vacuoles
D. photosynthesis
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Correct Answer: phagocytosis of solid nutrients and subsequent formation of phagocytic vacuoles
10. If the mash in the brewhouse is held too long it may undergo
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A. butyric acid fermentation
B. lactic acid fermentation
C. both (a) and (b)
D. citric acid fermentation
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Correct Answer: both (a) and (b)
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