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  • Catalase production is negative in which of the following?


  • Options
  • A. Streptococcus
  • B. Salmonella
  • C. Proteus
  • D. Staphylococcus

  • Correct Answer
  • Streptococcus 


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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. Which of the following is commonly used as Gram's decolouriser?

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    • A. Ethyl alcohol
    • B. Methyl alcohol
    • C. Acetone
    • D. A mixture of ethyl alcohol and acetone
    • Discuss
    • 3. The organisms that can be acid-fast stained is

    • Options
    • A. Nocardia
    • B. Tubercle bacilli
    • C. Lepra bacilli
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following organisms can be demonstrated with silver impregnation method?

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    • A. Vibrios
    • B. Salmonella
    • C. Spirochaetes
    • D. Shigella
    • Discuss
    • 5. At what concentration of sulphuric acid, Nocardia resists decolourization?

    • Options
    • A. 0.5% sulphuric acid
    • B. 5% sulphuric acid
    • C. 10% sulphuric acid
    • D. 8% sulphuric acid
    • Discuss
    • 6. The size of a single plant cell is usually within the range of

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    • A. 10-20?m in diameter and 25-100?m long
    • B. 20-40?m in diameter and 100-200?m long
    • C. 40-60?m in diameter and 200-300?m long
    • D. 60-80?m in diameter and 300-400?m long
    • Discuss
    • 7. The cell mass can be measured optically by determining the amount of light scattered by a suspension of cells. The measurements are usually at a wavelength of

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    • A. 300-400nm
    • B. 400-500nm
    • C. 500-600nm
    • D. 600-700nm
    • Discuss
    • 8. Callus cultures are amorphous cell aggregates arising from the unorganized growth of explants on an

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    • A. liquid medium
    • B. solid nutrient medium
    • C. aseptic solid nutrient medium
    • D. solid or liquid medium
    • Discuss
    • 9. The archaebacterium Halobacterium, an extreme halophile, and Sulfolobus, a thermoacidophile, can be cultured in the presence of antibiotics such as streptomycin and chloramphenicol because

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    • A. they contain ether-linked isoprenoids in their plasma membrane
    • B. they lack murein in their cell wall
    • C. they contain 80S, as opposed to 70S, ribosomes
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following is incorrect?

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    • A. Mammalian cells are larger and more complex than microorganisms
    • B. Their growth rate is very fast compared to microorganisms
    • C. Mammalian cells are fragile
    • D. Most animal cells only grow when attached to surface
    • Discuss


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