OpenStax Microbiology Test bank- Chapter 9: Microbial Growth
Biology 206
* = Correct answer Multiple Choice
1. Bacteria most commonly reproduce using which of the following methods?
A. binary fission*
B. budding
C. meiosis
D. mitosis
Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: N/A
2. Which structur...
1. Bacteria most commonly reproduce using which of the following methods?
A. binary fission*
B. budding
C. meiosis
D. mitosis
Difficulty: Easy ASM
Standard: N/A
2. Which structure separates new daughter cells in binary fission?
A. the crescent
B. the division septum*
C. the FtsZ
D. the spindle apparatus
Difficulty: Easy ASM
Standard: N/A
3. Which of the following is another term for generation time?
A. doubling time*
B. growth rate
C. mitotic index
D. replication index
Difficulty: Easy ASM
Standard: N/A
4. Which of the following best describes culture density?
A. another term for a batch culture
B. the number of cells per unit volume*
C. the reproducible pattern of growth
D. the total number of cells
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 36
5. Which of the following is the correct order of phases of growth in the growth curve of
abatch culture?
A. death/decline phase lag phase log phase stationary phase
⟶ ⟶ ⟶
B. lag phase ⟶ log phase ⟶ stationary phase ⟶
,death/decline phase
*
, C. log phase lag phase stationary phase death/decline phase
⟶ ⟶ ⟶
D. stationary phase log phase lag phase death/decline phase
⟶ ⟶ ⟶
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