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  • Question
  • The production of sufficient acid by fermentation of glucose leads to decrease in pH such that pH of the medium falls below 4.5. Which of the following test can detect it?


  • Options
  • A. Indole test
  • B. Methyl red test
  • C. Citrate utilization test
  • D. Voges-Proskauer test

  • Correct Answer
  • Methyl red test 


  • More questions

    • 1. Fatty acids are oxidized to acetyl-CoA by which of the following pathways?

    • Options
    • A. ?-oxidation
    • B. Entner-Doudoroff
    • C. pentose phosphate pathway
    • D. Embden-Meyerhof pathway
    • Discuss
    • 2. The energy value of biogas is typically

    • Options
    • A. 400-700 BTU/ft3
    • B. 1,000 BTU/ft3
    • C. 1500 BTU/ft3
    • D. more than 5000 BTU/ft3
    • Discuss
    • 3. Too long a fermentation of sauerkraut may favour the growth of

    • Options
    • A. Lactobacillus lactis
    • B. Lactobacillus brevis
    • C. Bacillus subtilis
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. Dolichol phosphate is

    • Options
    • A. a complex lipid involved in docking vesicles with the plasma membrane
    • B. the anchor on which sugars assemble before transfer to proteins
    • C. a chaperone used in protein folding
    • D. a product of phospholipase C activation
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following conditions can be caused by Plesiomonas?

    • Options
    • A. Septicaemia
    • B. Gastroenteritis
    • C. Cellulites
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. The number of flagella produced by motile cells in

    • Options
    • A. members of the Rhodophyta is greater than members of the Phaeophyta
    • B. members of the Phaeophyta is greater than members of the Rhodophyta
    • C. members of the Rhodophyta is exactly or approximately equal to members of the Phaeophyta
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which of the following is a primary stain for acid fast staining of mycobacteria?

    • Options
    • A. Crystal violet
    • B. Carbol fuchsin
    • C. Geimsa
    • D. Methylene blue
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which algal division is divided up into three main groups consisting of the golden-brown algae, the yellow-green algae and the diatoms?

    • Options
    • A. Chlorophyta
    • B. Chrysophyta
    • C. Phaeophyta
    • D. Pyrrophyta
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of these spores are characteristic of the black bread mold Rhizopus?

    • Options
    • A. Arthrospore and Ascospore
    • B. Ascospore and Zygospore
    • C. Arthrospore and Blastospore
    • D. Sporangiospore and Zygospore
    • Discuss
    • 10. The number of members of the division Phaeophyta that live in freshwater habitats

    • Options
    • A. is greater than the number of members of the division Chloro-phyta that live in freshwater habitats
    • B. is lesser than the number of members of the division Chlorophyta that live in freshwater habitats
    • C. is equal to the number of members of the division Chlorophyta that live in freshwater habitats
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss


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