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  • Question
  • The reaction(s) that is/are usually positive in Escherichia coli, is/ are


  • Options
  • A. Glucose fermentation
  • B. Indole reaction
  • C. Methyl red reaction
  • D. All of these

  • Correct Answer
  • All of these 


  • More questions

    • 1. Why Deinococcus radiodurans is able to survive massive exposure to radiation?

    • Options
    • A. Because it produces a thick shell which acts as a shield from the radiation
    • B. Because it has unique DNA repair mechanisms
    • C. Because its cellwall contains radioactive elements
    • D. Because it has many copies of genes encoding DNA repair
    • Discuss
    • 2. The uncontrolled proliferation of cells is termed as

    • Options
    • A. hyperplasia
    • B. anaplasia
    • C. metastasis
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. The Acrasiomycota differ from the Myxomycota

    • Options
    • A. in their mode of nutrition
    • B. in their cellular organization
    • C. Both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. Bacitracin, an antibiotic similar to penicillin, is produced by

    • Options
    • A. Bacillus polymyxa
    • B. Streptomyces erythreus
    • C. Bacillus licheniformis
    • D. Aspergillus fumigatus
    • Discuss
    • 5. The nonsymbiotic bacteria which fix nitrogen live in the soil independently are

    • Options
    • A. Azotobacter
    • B. Clostridium
    • C. considerably less important in comparison to the symbiotic bacteria
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. The biotin level in obtaining L-gluatmic acid by fermentation using Micrococcus glutamicus is critical because

    • Options
    • A. too low level prevents growths, hence L-glutamic acid production
    • B. too high level prevents L-glutamic acid production
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. The interaction between the mRNA and tRNA determined the position of amino acid in a polypeptide sequence. This is called the

    • Options
    • A. stagerivity
    • B. Wobble hypothesis
    • C. promiscuity
    • D. adaptor hypothesis
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which of the following may be most likely to be missing from a gram-positive bacterium?

    • Options
    • A. Penicillin binding protein
    • B. Peptidoglycan
    • C. Lipopolysaccharide
    • D. Phospholipid bilayer membrane
    • Discuss
    • 9. The penetration of animal viruses into attached cells occur by mechanisms consisting of engulfment of whole virions by the cells in a phagocytic process called

    • Options
    • A. vitropexis
    • B. viropexis
    • C. ectodesmata
    • D. vivopexis
    • Discuss
    • 10. B. flavum strain can be used for the production of

    • Options
    • A. L-Threonine
    • B. L-Proline
    • C. L-Isoleucine and L-Histidine
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss


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