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  • Which of the following is used to grow bacterial cultures continuously?


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

  • Correct Answer
  • Chemostat 


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    • 1. The generation time of a culture that produces two generations per hour is

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    • A. greater than that produces three generations per hour
    • B. lesser than that produces three generations per hour
    • C. equal to that produces three generations per hour
    • D. none of the above
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    • 2. During exponential growth, the growth rate is

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    • A. number of generations per unit time
    • B. reciprocal of generation time
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
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    • 3. Lag phase is also known as

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    • A. period of initial adjustment
    • B. transitional period
    • C. generation time
    • D. none of these
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    • 4. Postgates assay technique is useful in determining if a cell is viable even though it is

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    • A. incapable of cell division
    • B. too small to see
    • C. an obligate aerobe
    • D. a thermophile
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    • 5. Exponential phase of growth curve of bacteria is of limited duration because of

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    • A. rise in cell density
    • B. accumulation of toxic metabolites
    • C. exhaustion of nutrients
    • D. all of these
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    • 6. The straightforward method of binary fission explains how bacteria

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    • A. grow in nutrient agar
    • B. evolve
    • C. move
    • D. reproduce
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    • 7. Antimicrobial constituents for the microbial growth in foods are

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    • A. intrinsic factor
    • B. extrinsic factor
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. Organisms, using organic compounds as electron donors are called

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    • A. lithotrophs
    • B. phototrophs
    • C. chemotrophs
    • D. organotrophs
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    • 9. If the free energy change (?G) in a reaction is a negative value, it indicates that the

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    • A. reaction releases energy
    • B. reaction absorbs energy
    • C. reaction is in negative direction
    • D. reaction is in positive direction
    • Discuss
    • 10. Oxidation is the

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    • A. loss of proton
    • B. gain of electron
    • C. loss of electron
    • D. gain of protons
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