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  • The isolation of the gonorrhoea - causing organisms, Neisseria gonorrhoeae,from a clinical specimen is facilitated by the use of media containing


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  • A. cellulose
  • B. certain antibiotics
  • C. succinate
  • D. none of these

  • Correct Answer
  • certain antibiotics 


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    • 1. Stringent anaerobes can be grown in a media by taking special measure as

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    • A. boiling the media for several minutes
    • B. addition of cysteine
    • C. passing through oxygen-free nitrogen
    • D. any of these
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    • 2. Semi-solid media, prepared with agar at concentrations of 0.5% or less are useful for the cultivation of

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    • A. Microaerophillic bacteria
    • B. Lactobacilli
    • C. E.coli
    • D. all of these
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    • 3. Suspension cultures consist of cells and cell aggregates, growing dispersed in

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    • A. liquid medium
    • B. solid nutrient medium
    • C. solid or liquid medium
    • D. none of these
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    • 4. 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
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    • 5. For most bacteria, the optimum pH for growth lies between

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    • A. 6.5-7.5
    • B. 3.5-4.5
    • C. 4.5-5.5
    • D. 5.5-6.5
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    • 6. Which of the following is not an indirect method for the measurement of cell mass?

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    • A. Nutrient composition
    • B. Cell dry weight
    • C. Viscosity
    • D. Heat evolution
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    • 7. Which of the following is the necessary step for cultivating the microorganisms?

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    • A. Preparing a culture medium for the growth of microorganisms
    • B. Sterilizing in order to eliminate all living microorganisms in vessel
    • C. Inoculating the microorganisms in the prepared medium
    • D. All of the above
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    • 8. The ability of Vibrio fischeri to produce bioluminescence chemicals only when a certain population density has been reached is an example of

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    • A. Liebig's law of the minimum
    • B. Shelford's law of tolerance
    • C. quorum sensing
    • D. Heisenberg's principle of uncertainty
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    • 9. A culture broth tube was very turbid at the surface but clear throughout the rest of the tube indicating that the

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    • A. organism are aerobes
    • B. organism should be grown in an anaerobic chamber
    • C. organism cannot produce superoxide dismutase and/or catalase
    • D. organism cannot tolerate oxygen
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    • 10. A culture broth tube was very turbid at the bottom of the tube but clear at the top of the tube indicating that the

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    • A. broth is sterile
    • B. organism can tolerate oxygen
    • C. organism cannot produce superoxide dismutase and/or catalase
    • D. organism should be grown in an anaerobic chamber
    • Discuss


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