Microbial Biomass Methods Review Test
This quiz is designed to allow you to judge whether you have a basic knowledge of the methods to assess microbial biomass.
- 1.These can be categorized as physiological methods to estimate microbial biomass:
- A.
Chloroform fumigation extraction
- B.
Chloroform fumigation incubation
- C.
Substrate induced respiration
- D.
ATP Determinations
- 2.This method has been considered to be the standard reference technique to measure microbial biomass in soil:
- A.
Chloroform fumigation incubation
- B.
Chloroform fumigation extraction
- C.
Substrate induced respiration
- D.
ATP Determination
- 3.This method consists on estimating the maximal respiration rate induced by a substrate, usually glucose, over a short-time period:
- A.
Substrate induced respiration
- B.
Chloroform fumigation incubation
- C.
Chloroform fumigation extraction
- D.
ATP Determination
- 4.Suppresion of the respiratory response to glucose in the SIR experiment is also a useful indicator to assess :
- A.
Toxicity of certain compounds
- B.
Soil microbial diversity
- C.
Soil properties
- 5.This method relies on the luciferin-lucirefase reaction for the measurement of biomass in soil:
- A.
Substrate induced respiration
- B.
Chloroform fumigation incubation
- C.
Chloroform fumigation extraction
- D.
ATP Determination
- 6.Some of the characteristics of the ATP Determination method are:
- A.
Direct measurements
- B.
High sensitivity
- C.
Specific for viable living cells
- D.
Estimation of macrobial community composition
- E.
Interference of phosphorus levesl in soil
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