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  • Nitrifying bacteria can not be isolated directly by the usual techniques employed to isolate hetrotrophic bacteria. The reasons may be due to


  • Options
  • A. slow growth
  • B. medium growth
  • C. fast growth
  • D. none of these

  • Correct Answer
  • slow growth 


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    • 1. What is the colour of gram-negative bacteria on a gram staining?

    • Options
    • A. Purple
    • B. Pink
    • C. Green
    • D. Colourless
    • Discuss
    • 2. Microcapsules are composed of

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    • A. proteins
    • B. polysaccharides
    • C. lipids
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. Commercially available ELISA kits are used for the detection of

    • Options
    • A. rotavirus
    • B. hepatitis B surface antigen
    • C. anti-HIV antibodies
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. Standard free energy change (?G) can be expressed as

    • Options
    • A. ?G° = -RTlnkeq
    • B. ?G° = RTlnkeq
    • C. ?G° = R/Tlnkeq
    • D. ?G° = -RT/lnkeq
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following is used to grow bacterial cultures continuously?

    • Options
    • A. Chemostat
    • B. Coulter Counter
    • C. Hemostat
    • D. Petroff-Hausser chamber
    • Discuss
    • 6. Digestive reactions where large molecules are broken down into smaller ones are referred as

    • Options
    • A. anabolism
    • B. catabolism
    • C. metabolism
    • D. biosynthesis
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which of the following microorganisms is classified as a member of archaebacteria?

    • Options
    • A. Gyanobacteria
    • B. Methanobacteria
    • C. Trichomonads
    • D. Mycoplasma
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which of the following is true about cell wall of gram-positive bacteria?

    • Options
    • A. It consists of multiple layers
    • B. It is thicker than that associated with gram-negative bacteria
    • C. It contains teichoic acids
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. Overactivity of Th cells may result into

    • Options
    • A. autoimmunity
    • B. optimal antibody response
    • C. optimal cell-mediated response
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. Sereny test is used for the detection of

    • Options
    • A. enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
    • B. enterotoxigenic E. coli
    • C. enteroinvasive E. coli
    • D. verotoxigenic E. coli
    • Discuss


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