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  • Question
  • Radical shifts in pH can be prevented by incorporating


  • Options
  • A. a buffer
  • B. an oxidizing agent
  • C. a reducing agent
  • D. any of these

  • Correct Answer
  • a buffer 


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    • 1. Which of the following is an abiotic elicitors?

    • Options
    • A. UV irradiation
    • B. Osmotic shock
    • C. Heavy metal ions
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. 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
    • 3. Which of the following is incorrect?

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    • A. Plant cells are larger than the bacterial or fungus cells
    • B. Plant cells tend to grow in clumps
    • C. Plant cells are less sensitive to shear than microbial cells
    • D. Plant cells are more genetically unstable than microbial cells
    • Discuss
    • 4. 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
    • 5. The archaebacterium Halobacterium, an extreme halophile, and Sulfolobus, a thermoacidophile, can be cultured in the presence of antibiotics such as streptomycin and chloramphenicol because

    • Options
    • 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
    • 6. Anchorage -dependent cells require

    • Options
    • A. wettable surface for growth
    • B. dry surface for growth
    • C. either (a) or (b)
    • D. nothing to do with the surface
    • Discuss
    • 7. The protoplast can be used to

    • Options
    • A. modify genetic information
    • B. create plant hybrid
    • C. study plant viral infections
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. For most bacteria, the optimum pH for growth lies between

    • Options
    • A. 6.5-7.5
    • B. 3.5-4.5
    • C. 4.5-5.5
    • D. 5.5-6.5
    • Discuss
    • 9. Balanced growth is defined as

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    • A. cultures undergoing balanced growth while maintaining a constant chemical composition
    • B. balancing the growth while controlling the pH
    • C. balancing the growth while controlling the temperature
    • D. balancing the growth while changing the nutrient composition
    • Discuss
    • 10. Suspension cultures consist of cells and cell aggregates, growing dispersed in

    • Options
    • A. liquid medium
    • B. solid nutrient medium
    • C. solid or liquid medium
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss


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