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  • The acetate-utilizing methanogens are responsible for


  • Options
  • A. 20% of methane produced in a biogas reactor
  • B. 50% of methane produced in a biogas reactor
  • C. 70% of methane produced in a biogas reactor
  • D. 85% of methane produced in a biogas reactor

  • Correct Answer
  • 70% of methane produced in a biogas reactor 


  • Microbiology of Waste Water problems


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    • 1. The filtering medium of trickling filters is coated with microbial flora, known as

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    • A. zoological film
    • B. geological film
    • C. zooglocal film
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following is generally not referred to the sewerage system?

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    • A. Sanitary sewers
    • B. Storm sewers
    • C. Combined sewers
    • D. Solid sewers
    • Discuss
    • 3. What is an anaerobic digester?

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    • A. New diet drink
    • B. Microbe that eats hazardous waste
    • C. Method to convert agricultural waste into a biogas
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. Some cyanobacteria produce potent neurotoxins that, if ingested, will kill humans. These cyanobacteria are most likely to contaminate

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    • A. water rich in organic carbon wastes but poor in phosphate
    • B. water that are anoxic
    • C. water rich in phosphate wastes but poor in organic carbon
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following is responsible for the corrosion problem?

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    • A. Iron bacteria
    • B. Sulfur bacteria
    • C. Slime forming bacteria
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. The death of a river by environmental pollutants ultimately results from

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    • A. the overpopulation of algae
    • B. the overabundance of toxic proteins
    • C. the depletion of oxygen
    • D. the buildup of sediment on the river bottom
    • Discuss
    • 7. Advanced treatment is generally used to treat waste water to

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    • A. remove coarse solids
    • B. remove settleable solids
    • C. reduce BOD
    • D. remove additional objectionable substances
    • Discuss
    • 8. The concept of putting microbes to help clean up the environment is called

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    • A. pasteurization
    • B. bioremediation
    • C. fermentation
    • D. biolistics
    • Discuss
    • 9. Water testing relies on the detection of certain indicator organisms known as

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    • A. acid-fast bacteria
    • B. bacteroids
    • C. coliforms
    • D. dinoflagellates
    • Discuss
    • 10. The use of microbes to break down synthetic waste products such as polychlorinated biphenyls is called

    • Options
    • A. bioinformatics
    • B. biolistics
    • C. biotechnology
    • D. bioremediation
    • Discuss


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