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Question 71. . The straightforward method of binary fission explains how bacteria
  1.    grow in nutrient agar
  2.    evolve
  3.    move
  4.    reproduce
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Answer: Option D. -> reproduce
Question 72. . The equation used to obtain bacterial population by binary fission is
  1.    N = No2n
  2.    log N/No = (0.3010) n
  3.    log(N/No) = nlog 2
  4.    All of these
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Answer: Option D. -> All of these
Question 73. . An organism has an optimal growth rate when the hydrogen ion concentration is very high. This organism is
  1.    osmotolerant
  2.    acidophile
  3.    neutrophile
  4.    aerotolerant anaerobe
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Answer: Option B. -> acidophile
Question 74. . Which of the following procedures uses a photocell to measure absorbance of a culture to regulate the flow of culture media?
  1.    Coulter Counter
  2.    Hemostat
  3.    Petroff-Hausser chamber
  4.    Trubidostat
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Answer: Option D. -> Trubidostat
Question 75. . Bacteria and fungi multiply best
  1.    below 16°C
  2.    between 16-38°C
  3.    above 38°C
  4.    none of these
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Answer: Option B. -> between 16-38°C
Question 76. . Organisms, using organic compounds as electron donors are called
  1.    lithotrophs
  2.    phototrophs
  3.    chemotrophs
  4.    organotrophs
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Answer: Option D. -> organotrophs
Question 77. . The reproduction by budding occur in
  1.    Rhodopseudomonas acidophila
  2.    Hyphomicrobium vulgare
  3.    Bacillus subtilis
  4.    Both (a) and (b)
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Answer: Option D. -> Both (a) and (b)
Question 78. . Starvation proteins are produced by a culture during which of the following segments of the growth curve?
  1.    Lag phase
  2.    Exponential phase
  3.    Stationary phase
  4.    Death phase
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Answer: Option C. -> Stationary phase
Question 79. . Which of the following has more tolerance for acidic pH (lower pH)?
  1.    Yeast and moulds
  2.    Bacteria
  3.    E. coli
  4.    None of these
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Answer: Option A. -> Yeast and moulds
Question 80.
The ability of Vibrio fischeri to produce bioluminescence chemicals only when a certain population density has been reached is an example of
  1.    Liebig's law of the minimum
  2.    Shelford's law of tolerance
  3.    quorum sensing
  4.    Heisenberg's principle of uncertainty
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Answer: Option C. -> quorum sensing

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