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  • Which of the following procedures uses a photocell to measure absorbance of a culture to regulate the flow of culture media?


  • Options
  • A. Coulter Counter
  • B. Hemostat
  • C. Petroff-Hausser chamber
  • D. Trubidostat

  • Correct Answer
  • Trubidostat 


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

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    • A. doesn't use oxygen but can grow in the presence of oxygen
    • B. is killed by oxygen
    • C. requires less oxygen than is present in air
    • D. prefers to grow without oxygen
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    • 2. What are the extrinsic factors for the microbial growth?

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    • A. humidity
    • B. storage temperature
    • C. composition of gas phase
    • D. all of these
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    • 3. The combination of low levels of NaCl, NaNO3 (sodium nitrate), and slightly acid pH can prevent multiplication and toxin formation of

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    • A. Salmonella
    • B. S. aureus
    • C. C. botulinum
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. Generation time of Escherichia coli is

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    • A. 20 minutes
    • B. 20 hours
    • C. 20 days
    • D. 200 hours
    • Discuss
    • 5. An organism has an optimal growth rate when the hydrogen ion concentration is very high. This organism is

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    • A. osmotolerant
    • B. acidophile
    • C. neutrophile
    • D. aerotolerant anaerobe
    • Discuss
    • 6. The average size of cells during the exponential phase of growth is

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    • A. greater than the lag phase
    • B. lesser than the lag phase
    • C. equal to the lag phase
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. A microbe, which grows at temperatures above 95° C is most likely to be

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    • A. an archaean
    • B. a fungus
    • C. a protozoan
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. The term facultative 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 absent
    • D. requires less oxygen than is present in air
    • Discuss
    • 9. Starvation proteins are produced by a culture during which of the following segments of the growth curve?

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    • A. Lag phase
    • B. Exponential phase
    • C. Stationary phase
    • D. Death phase
    • Discuss
    • 10. Pseudomonas pseudoflava can grow as

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    • A. chemo-lithotrophs
    • B. chemo-organotrophs
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss


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