Microbiolgy Practice MCQ

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What is the name given to hyphae without cross walls?
Coenocytic
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Which pH do fungi grow best in?
5
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What is the name of the asexual spores produced by zygomycota?
Sprorangium
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What is the definition of epidemic?
When a disease occurs in an unusually high number of individuals in a population at the same time
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What is the definition of facultative aerobes?
Prefer anaerobic, but can respire aerobically
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What is the optimum temperature of a psychrophile? (in degrees C)
-10-20
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What is the optimum temperature of a hyperthermophile?
67-110
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What helps DNA stay coiled in microbes that can tolerate high temperatures?
reverse DNA-gyrase
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What is the name of the enzyme produced by some organisms which neutralises superoxide free radicals (O2-)
superoxide dismutase
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What is the name of a microbe that requires salt to grow?
Halophile
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What is the water activity (Aw) of pure water?
1
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Which bacterial foodborne disease produces heat stable and heat labile enterotoxins?
Bacillus cereus
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What chemical do Natural Killer (NK) cells use to punch holes in the infected cell membrane?
Perforin
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The influenza virus has a single-stranded RNA genome present in how many segments?
8
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Which bacterium causes the plague?
Yersinia pestis
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Which bacterium causes chancroid?
Haemophilus ducreyi
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