Unit 3--Lab Quizzes (7-9) Flashcards

1
Q

Thermal Death Point

A

TDP: The lowest temperature that is required to kill a population of microbes when applied for a specific time

Where the first (-) is

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2
Q

Thermal Death Time

A

TDT: the amount of time that is necessary to kill a specific number of microbes at a specific temperature

Where the first (-) is

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3
Q

Why was Bacillus cereus resistant to heat killing?

A

Forms endospores

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4
Q

What percent of the original cells survive after 2 D-values of antimicrobial treatment?

A

1%

D-value: the number of minutes exposure to a defined temperature to reduce viable bacteria by 90%

100% viable
1 D value: 10% viable
2 D-value: 1% viable

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5
Q

What color did our fecal coliform colonies turn?

A

Blue

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6
Q

What compound makes mFC media differential?

A

Lactose

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7
Q

What color did our fecal streptococci colonies turn?

A

Red

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8
Q

What compound makes mEA media selective?

A

Azide

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9
Q

If you filter 10 mL of a 10-fold diluted water sample and find 20 colonies, how many cfu/100 mL were in the original sample?

A

2000 cfu/100 mL

(10 * 20 cfu)/10 mL

= 20 cfu/mL * 100

= 2000 cfu/100 mL

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10
Q

What term refers to cells that can take up naked DNA?

Competent
Virulent
Lysogenic
Diploid

A

Competent

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11
Q

Which of these scientists studied bacterial transformation?

Hershey and Chase
Watson and Crick
Griffith and Avery
Beadle and Tatum

A

Griffith and Avery

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12
Q

Why did we kill our resistant strain of bacteria?

To release endospores
To release DNA
To release proteins
To inactivate toxins

A

To release DNA

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13
Q

Which antibiotic resistance are we working with in our transformation demonstration?

Penicillin
Tetracycline
Polymyxin
Streptomycin

A

Streptomycin

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14
Q

Why do we add FeCl3 to wastewater in Big Rapids?

To remove excess oxygen
To remove excess phosphate
To remove excess nitrogen
To remove excess carbon

A

To remove excess phosphate

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15
Q

How is wastewater disinfected in Big Rapids?

Ozone
Chlorine
Heat
UV light

A

UV light

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16
Q

How many gallons of wastewater are treated each day in Big Rapids?

100,000
1,000,000
10,000,000
100,000,000

A

1,000,000

17
Q

What happens in the headworks?

Primary treatment
Secondary treatment
Tertiary treatment
Disinfection

A

Primary treatment

18
Q

If a water sample gave 50 blue and 20 red colonies, what would be the most likely source?

Human feces
Both human and animal feces
Animal feces
Cannot predict

A

Both human and animal feces

50:20 = 2.5:1

Blue/Red > 4:1 – human
2:1 > Blue/Red > 4:1 – mixed
0.7 > Blue/Red . 2:1 – unknown
Blue/Red < 0.7 – animal

18
Q

What is the fate of excess biosolids produced from our wastewater in Big Rapids?

Sold for garden fertilizer
Released into the river
Put on agricultural fields
Sent to landfill

A

Put on agricultural fields

19
Q

What term refers to a community of fungus and algae living on rocks down by our river?

Lichen
Plaque
Mycelia
Mildew

A

Lichen

20
Q

What type of relationship does bacteriophage T4 have with Escherichia coli?

Ammensalism
Predation
Commensalism
Parasitism

A

Parasitism

21
Q

What type of relationship does a termite have with its hindgut microbiota?

Ammensalism
Mutualism
Commensalism
Competition

A

Mutualism

22
Q

What phenotype is illustrated by this mutant (ON ON)?

Constitutive
Inducible
Repressed
Null

A

Constitutive

23
Q

What phenotype is illustrated when it is complemented (OFF ON)?

Constitutive
Inducible
Repressed
Null

A

Inducible

24
Q

What type of mutant does this represent?

Lac I-
Lac Is
Lac Z-
Lac Oc

A

Lac I-

25
Q

What wavelength of ultraviolet light is the most germicidal?

260 nm
360 nm
460 nm
560 nm

A

260 nm

26
Q

What kind of radiation is responsible for giving you a suntan?

Infrared
UVA
UVB
UVC

A

UVA

27
Q

What type of cell damage is associated with ultraviolet radiation?

T-T dimers

Nicking double-stranded DNA

Membrane disruption

Collapsing the proton gradient

A

T-T dimers

28
Q

Why is Bacillus cereus resistant to UV radiation?

It rapidly repairs any DNA damage

It produces endospores

It makes pigments to absorb the light

It only grows in the dark

A

It produces endospores