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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. The time required to kill 90% of the microorganisms in a sample at a specific temperature is the

    • Options
    • A. decimal reduction time
    • B. thermal death point
    • C. F value
    • D. D value
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following theory of antibody production is most widely accepted?

    • Options
    • A. Side chain theory
    • B. Clonal selection theory
    • C. Direct template theory
    • D. Indirect template theory
    • Discuss
    • 3. Entner-Doudoroff pathway is found in

    • Options
    • A. aerobic prokaryotes
    • B. anaerobic prokaryotes
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. aerobic eukaryotes
    • Discuss
    • 4. Water activity can act as

    • Options
    • A. an intrinsic factor determining the likelihood of microbial proliferation
    • B. a processing factor
    • C. an extrinsic factor
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. Pink rots in eggs is caused by the strains of

    • Options
    • A. Pseudomonas
    • B. Pseudomonas fluorescens
    • C. species of Micrococcus or Bacillus
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following viruses belong/s to family caliciviridae?

    • Options
    • A. Hepatitis B virus
    • B. Hepatitis D virus
    • C. Hepatitis E virus
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. The time from infection until lysis is called as

    • Options
    • A. eclipse period
    • B. rise period
    • C. latent period
    • D. burst size
    • Discuss
    • 8. Ethylene oxide is used to destroy or kill which of the following microbes?

    • Options
    • A. Bacteria
    • B. Spores
    • C. Fungi
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. Bacteriophages have been used widely in genetic research, since they are the smallest and simplest biological entities capable of

    • Options
    • A. self-replication
    • B. duplication
    • C. self-duplication
    • D. multiplication
    • Discuss
    • 10. Thiobacillus thiooxidans has an optimum pH of

    • Options
    • A. 2.0-3.5
    • B. 0.5-6.0
    • C. 6.5-7.5
    • D. 9.0-9.5
    • Discuss


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