Microbiology Questions
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Amylase breaks down starch into its individual glucose units through _________.
Which of the following describes the interaction between an enzyme and its substrate?
During the oxidative-fermentative (OF) test, if the aerobic tube (without oil) is yellow and the anaerobic tube (with oil) is green, the organism is said to be ____________.
What type of fermentation could be used for making soy sauce or yogurt?
The microbes that we temporarily come into contact with during our daily activities are known as ________.
________ is the ability of true fungal pathogens to switch from a mold state into a yeast state of life upon entry into a host.
Which of the following is a direct method of bacterial enumeration?
A network of hyphae is called a __________.
Which of the following chemical control methods could be used on living tissues?
Which of the following microorganisms would be able to grow in extremely high salt environments?
The device that measures the turbidity of a bacterial culture is called the _________.
The higher the bacterial growth in a broth culture, the higher ________, and therefore, the higher the ________.
Which of the following enzymes is used in PCR for amplification of DNA?
During oxidative fermentative test, two yellow test tubes indicates that the test organism is ________.
The __________ reactions break down larger molecules into smaller ones, which releases energy.
Given the following information, determine the CFU/ML in the stock bacterial culture:Number of Colonies: 40Amount Plated: 0.1 MLDilution Factor of the tube used for inoculating the plate: 1:100,000
Which method would allow you to determine the relative size of your extracted DNA sample?
How is acid production detected in carbohydrate fermentation tests?
We can use an agar plate containing tributyrin oil to test the production of which of the following enzymes?
Which of the following is a positive gelatinase test result?