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Growth and Nutrition of Bacteria problems

  • 1. During exponential growth, the growth rate is

  • Options
  • A. number of generations per unit time
  • B. reciprocal of generation time
  • C. both (a) and (b)
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 2. 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
  • Discuss
  • 3. Which of the following is used to grow bacterial cultures continuously?

  • Options
  • A. Chemostat
  • B. Coulter Counter
  • C. Hemostat
  • D. Petroff-Hausser chamber
  • Discuss
  • 4. The straightforward method of binary fission explains how bacteria

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

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

  • Options
  • A. lithotrophs
  • B. phototrophs
  • C. chemotrophs
  • D. organotrophs
  • Discuss

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