Q. Lag phase is also known as

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

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Q. A microbe, which grows at temperatures above 95° C is most likely to be

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Q. Some organisms can use reduced inorganic compounds as electron donors and are termed as

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Q. The total biomass of an organism will be determined by the nutrient present in the lowest concentration relative to the organism's requirements is a statement of

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Q. The growth is normally expressed as __________ in turbidimetric measurement

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Q. Which of the following organisms typically get their carbon for biosynthesis from carbon dioxide?

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Q. An organism that expends energy to grow in a habitat with a low water activity in order to maintain internal solute concentrations to retain water is

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Q. The straightforward method of binary fission explains how bacteria

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Q. The equation used to obtain bacterial population by binary fission is

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Q. Bacteria and fungi multiply best

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Q. An organism has an optimal growth rate when the hydrogen ion concentration is very high. This organism is

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Q. Which of the following procedures uses a photocell to measure absorbance of a culture to regulate the flow of culture media?

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Q. Organisms, using organic compounds as electron donors are called

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Q. The reproduction by budding occur in

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Q. Starvation proteins are produced by a culture during which of the following segments of the growth curve?

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Q. The cell reproduction in bacteria may occur by

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Q. During exponential growth, the growth rate is

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Q. A spore differs from an actively replicating bacterium in that the spore

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Q. Which of the following has more tolerance for acidic pH (lower pH)?

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