Some people know a lot about microorganisms, but sometimes cant tells facts when asked a question about the different species that exist. How well do you know about microbiology? The quiz below is designed to see if you have what it takes to be a super microbiologist. Do give it a shot and share it with others to know where you stand in comparison.
Daughter cells
Sister cells
Son cells
Father cells
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Pure culture
Koch culture
Mixed culture
Contaminated culture
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6
9
12
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Psychrophiles
Mesophiles
Thermophiles
Acidophiles
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Slow down the growth of microbes
Speed up the growth of microbes
Obtain bacterial cultures at several different concentrations
Form bacterial colonies
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Aerotolerant anaerobes
Facultative anaerobes
Obligate anaerobes
Obligate aerobes
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Incubator
Colony county
Spectrophotometer
Chemostat
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Obligate aerobe
Obligate anaerobe
Facultative anaerobe
Aerotolerant anaerobe
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10
30
45
60
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At the bottom of a lake
In unpasteurized milk
In the large intestine
In sewage
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Refers to the increase in the size of a microbial cell
Refers to the increase in the frequency of cell division
In a single generation's time leads to double the cell size
In a single generation's time leads to double the number of microbes
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Metabolically active
Reproductive structures
Found mostly in Gram negative organisms
Protective structures
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Lysis
No change in size
Swelling of the cell which is contained by the cell wall
Plasmolysis
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Bacillus cereus
Staphylococcus aureus
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Citrobacter sp.
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A decrease in the level of carbon or nitrogen
An increase in temperature
A decrease in the amount of water
An increase in ultraviolet radiation
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Have all phases of growth occurring simultaneously somewhere in the colony
Most growth occurs at the center of the colony
Involves budding of small new colonies from the surface of an existing colony
Have lag phase cells in the center of the colony, surrounded by a ring of cells in exponential phase
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Catalase
Superoxide dismutase
Lactase
Two of the above
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Gram negative organisms
Fastidious organisms
Thermophiles
Anaerobes
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True
False
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