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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
Correct Answer
organism cannot produce superoxide dismutase and/or catalase
Growth and Nutrition of Bacteria problems
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1. 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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Correct Answer: organism are aerobes
2. 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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Correct Answer: quorum sensing
3. 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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Correct Answer: All of the above
4. 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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Correct Answer: Cell dry weight
5. 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
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Correct Answer: certain antibiotics
6. Which of the following has more tolerance for acidic pH (lower pH)?
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A. Yeast and moulds
B. Bacteria
C.
E. coli
D. None of these
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Correct Answer: Yeast and moulds
7. The term obligate anaerobe refers to an organism that
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A. doesn't use oxygen but tolerates it
B. is killed by oxygen
C. uses oxygen when present or grows without oxygen when oxygen is absent
D. prefers to grow without oxygen
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Correct Answer: is killed by oxygen
8. Implicit factors
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A. depend on developing microflora
B. can be synergistic
C. both (a) and (b)
D. none of the above
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Correct Answer: both (a) and (b)
9. The reproduction by budding occur in
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A.
Rhodopseudomonas acidophila
B.
Hyphomicrobium vulgare
C.
Bacillus subtilis
D. Both (a) and (b)
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Correct Answer: Both (a) and (b)
10. Microaerophilic bacteria are those which require
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A. 21 % oxygen for growth
B. low levels of oxygen for growth (lesser than O
2
present in atmosphere)
C. oxygen for activation of enzymes
D. none of the above
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Correct Answer: low levels of oxygen for growth (lesser than O
2
present in atmosphere)
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