logo

CuriousTab

CuriousTab

Discussion


Home Microbiology Microbes in Aquatic Environment Comments

  • Question
  • __________ is an environment like __________ where microorganisms are functioning in an extremely thin film of water and where oxygen-containing air is close to them.


  • Options
  • A. low oxygen diffusion environment; soils
  • B. high oxygen diffusion environment; soils
  • C. low oxygen diffusion environment; lakes
  • D. high oxygen diffusion environment; lakes

  • Correct Answer
  • high oxygen diffusion environment; soils 


  • Microbes in Aquatic Environment problems


    Search Results


    • 1. The rate of flux of oxygen in air is __________ to/than the rate of flux of oxygen in water.

    • Options
    • A. greater
    • B. lesser
    • C. approximately equal
    • D. half
    • Discuss
    • 2. Coliforms are used as indicator organisms because

    • Options
    • A. they are present wherever enteric pathogens are present
    • B. a testing procedure with great specificity is easy to perform
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. All of the following species are considered coliforms except

    • Options
    • A. Enterobacter aerogenes
    • B. Klebsiella pneumoniae
    • C. Salmonella typhi
    • D. Escherichia coli
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following is correct?

    • Options
    • A. All members of Hyphomycetes are also members of Fungi, but not all members of Fungi are members of Hyphomycetes
    • B. All members of Fungi are also members of Hyphomycetes, but not all members of Hyphomycetes are members of Fungi
    • C. All members of Hyphomycetes are members of Fungi, and all members of Fungi are members of Hyphomycetes
    • D. No member of Hyphomycetes is a member of Fungi
    • Discuss
    • 5. Chemical precipitation of phosphorus is

    • Options
    • A. primary treatment
    • B. secondary treatment
    • C. tertiary treatment
    • D. both (a) and (b)
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following is correct?

    • Options
    • A. Ultramicrobacteria or nanobacteria are the dominant bacteria in marine systems
    • B. Ultramicrobacteria or nanobacteria are so numerous that they are a major food source for heterotrophic flagellates
    • C. Both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. Hyphomycete fungi

    • Options
    • A. produce nonmotile tetaradiate conidia
    • B. grow in leaves and the infected leaves are the preferred food source for some aquatic insects
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. The sulfur pearl of Namibia, Thiomargarita namibiensis

    • Options
    • A. is the worlds largest bacterium
    • B. stores high concentrations of nitrate in a huge internal vacuole which takes up 98% of the organisms volume
    • C. Both (a) and (b)
    • D. is the worlds smallest bacterium
    • Discuss
    • 9. Loss of carbon through the microbial loop in oligotrophic environments is __________ to/than the loss of carbon through the microbial loop in copiotrophic environments.

    • Options
    • A. greater
    • B. lesser
    • C. approximately equal
    • D. half
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following species in water reveal the presence of fecal pollution of human or animal origin?

    • Options
    • A. E.coli
    • B. Fecal Streptococci
    • C. Clostridium perfringens
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss


    Comments

    There are no comments.

Enter a new Comment