Microbiology Questions
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Which of the following statements about bacterial chromosomes is correct?
Which group of bacteria are known to produce antibiotics?
What volume of water do you add to each tube in the dilution series?
You have counted 150 colonies on a 10⁻³ plate. How many CFU's/g of soil are there?
On which plate will you spread the solution first?
How will you present the results of your research at the end of the semester?
How long did it take for Escherichia coli to develop the super resistance on the MEGA-Plate?
What will you use to evenly distribute the dilution on the agar?
Which of the following best describes the rationale behind using a soil dilution plate to count colony forming units (CFU's) in a bacterial colony consisting of millions of genetically identical cells?
How many microliters of each dilution will you transfer to each dish?
Last week you practiced using various pipettes. Which two micropipettes will be used in the soil serial dilution?
What is the source of most of our antibiotics?
You will create an Annotated Bibliography for _____ trustworthy sources using _____ format.
You want to subculture colonies with different morphologies such as differences in colony shape. How would you describe the edge of the colony pictured here?
In a teaspoon of rich soil, you might find a billion of which of the following organisms?
What percentage of bacteria cannot be grown in the lab?
Antibiotic-producing bacteria in soil are the source of _____________ percent of antibiotics in current use.
The annotation for each source should be about 150 words in length. Which of the following should you NOT include in your annotation?
In which section do you discuss the relevance and larger implications of the research?
Ideally, how many different species of bacteria will be transferred to a Master Plate?