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  • In the exponential phase, the cells and cell mass


  • Options
  • A. first increases then decreases
  • B. decreases
  • C. are constant
  • D. double at a constant rate

  • Correct Answer
  • double at a constant rate 


  • Growth and Nutrition of Bacteria problems


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    • 1. The equation used to obtain bacterial population by binary fission is

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    • A. N = No2n
    • B. log N/No = (0.3010) n
    • C. log(N/No) = nlog 2
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. The growth is normally expressed as __________ in turbidimetric measurement

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    • A. cells per ml
    • B. cfu/ml
    • C. optical density
    • D. mg N2 /ml
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    • 3. Organisms such as lactobacilli that have elaborate requirements for specific nutrients i.e. vitamins and other growth promoting substances, are generally called as

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    • A. fastidious hetrotrophs
    • B. chemo-lithotrophs
    • C. chemotrophs
    • D. photo-organotrophs
    • Discuss
    • 4. The organism which obtain their energy from chemicals are designated as

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    • A. prototrophs
    • B. chemotrophs
    • C. organotrophs
    • D. autotrophs
    • Discuss
    • 5. A synergistic effect is observed when

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    • 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
    • 6. Bacteria and fungi multiply best

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    • A. below 16°C
    • B. between 16-38°C
    • C. above 38°C
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. A spore differs from an actively replicating bacterium in that the spore

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    • A. is produced during a process involving asymmetric division
    • B. is able to withstand more extreme conditions than the replicating cell
    • C. is metabolically inactive
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which of the following organisms typically get their carbon for biosynthesis from organic compounds?

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    • A. Aerobic, glucose-respiring bacteria (aerobic respiration)
    • B. Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (chemolithotrophic bacteria)
    • C. Photosynthetic cyanobacteria (phototrophic metabolism)
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. What is the primary source of food for marine life?

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    • A. Phytoplankton
    • B. Zooplankton
    • C. Sea weed
    • D. Grass
    • Discuss
    • 10. Nutrient content and biological structures are considered as

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    • A. implicit factor for microbial growth
    • B. intrinsic factor for microbial growth
    • C. processing factor
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss


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