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  • Implicit factors


  • Options
  • A. depend on developing microflora
  • B. can be synergistic
  • C. both (a) and (b)
  • D. none of the above

  • Correct Answer
  • both (a) and (b) 


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    • 1. The term obligate anaerobe refers to an organism that

    • Options
    • 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
    • Discuss
    • 2. 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
    • Discuss
    • 3. A culture broth tube was very turbid at the bottom of the tube but clear at the top of the tube indicating that the

    • Options
    • 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
    • 4. 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
    • Discuss
    • 5. 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
    • Discuss
    • 6. The reproduction by budding occur in

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    • A. Rhodopseudomonas acidophila
    • B. Hyphomicrobium vulgare
    • C. Bacillus subtilis
    • D. Both (a) and (b)
    • Discuss
    • 7. Microaerophilic bacteria are those which require

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    • A. 21 % oxygen for growth
    • B. low levels of oxygen for growth (lesser than O2 present in atmosphere)
    • C. oxygen for activation of enzymes
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. An organism is completely dependent on atmospheric O2 for growth. This organism is

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    • A. osmotolerant
    • B. acidophile
    • C. facultative anaerobe
    • D. obligate aerobe
    • Discuss
    • 9. The period between inoculation of bacteria in a culture medium and beginning of multiplication is known as

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    • A. stationary phase
    • B. log phase
    • C. lag phase
    • D. decline phase
    • Discuss
    • 10. An organism has an optimal growth rate when the hydrogen ion concentration is very high. This organism is

    • Options
    • A. osmotolerant
    • B. acidophile
    • C. neutrophile
    • D. aerotolerant anaerobe
    • Discuss


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