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- Question
A microbe, which grows at temperatures above 95° C is most likely to be
Options- A. an archaean
- B. a fungus
- C. a protozoan
- D. none of these
- Correct Answer
- an archaean
- 1. The average size of cells during the exponential phase of growth is
Options- A. greater than the lag phase
- B. lesser than the lag phase
- C. equal to the lag phase
- D. none of these Discuss
- 2. 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 Discuss
- 3. The term aerotolerant anaerobe refers to an organism that
Options- 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 Discuss
- 4. What are the extrinsic factors for the microbial growth?
Options- A. humidity
- B. storage temperature
- C. composition of gas phase
- D. all of these Discuss
- 5. The combination of low levels of NaCl, NaNO3 (sodium nitrate), and slightly acid pH can prevent multiplication and toxin formation of
Options- A. Salmonella
- B. S. aureus
- C. C. botulinum
- D. all of these Discuss
- 6. The term facultative 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 absent
- D. requires less oxygen than is present in air Discuss
- 7. Starvation proteins are produced by a culture during which of the following segments of the growth curve?
Options- A. Lag phase
- B. Exponential phase
- C. Stationary phase
- D. Death phase Discuss
- 8. Pseudomonas pseudoflava can grow as
Options- A. chemo-lithotrophs
- B. chemo-organotrophs
- C. both (a) and (b)
- D. none of these Discuss
- 9. A synergistic effect is observed when
Options- A. one organism removes an inhibitory substance for another
- B. one organism produces a growth factor utilized by another
- C. microbial alteration of pH, aw, Eh favours the growth of another
- D. all of the above Discuss
- 10. The organism which obtain their energy from chemicals are designated as
Options- A. prototrophs
- B. chemotrophs
- C. organotrophs
- D. autotrophs Discuss
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Correct Answer: lesser than the lag phase
Correct Answer: Trubidostat
Correct Answer: doesn't use oxygen but can grow in the presence of oxygen
Correct Answer: all of these
Correct Answer: all of these
Correct Answer: uses oxygen when present or grows without oxygen when absent
Correct Answer: Stationary phase
Correct Answer: both (a) and (b)
Correct Answer: all of the above
Correct Answer: chemotrophs
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