with cleaning up the spill believe pioremediation is the best option, but they are not sure what type of bacterial species to use in the bioremediation process. To help them in their decision, they have listed the hutritional modes of each species. Given your knowledge of the different nutritional modes of bacteria, which nutritional mode

Q: 1. Which materials are to be prepared when using Spread Plate technique for bacterial isolation from…

A: Spread Plate technique This technique is used for the isolation and enumeration of microorganisms in…

Q: Decimal Reduction time is a measurement of What percentage of a microbial population is removed…

A: INTRODUCTION Decimal reduction time Time required at the given condition or a set of condition to…

Q: water sample could be (-) for coliforms when tested by MPN method, could this water still be a major…

A: "Water contamination" may occur in a variety of ways, including Biological and Chemical…

Q: Describe (or draw) the growth of bacteria in the 5 categories of oxygen requirement

A: Bacteria are very small microscopic prokaryotic organisms that are present all around us in the…

Q: c. MPN = Tube Original sample 10-¹ 10-² 10-3 10-4 10-5 10-6 Dilution factor 1 1/10 1/100 1/1000…

A: Introduction No of bacteria present in a sample can be estimated by MPN (most probable number)…

Q: Describe how you would execute this first stage from the point you are handed the nutrient broth…

A: For isolation of any culture, it needs to be incubated in broth to obtain full fledged turbidity or…

Q: refer to the diagram left hand side is Tetracycline  and right hand side is ampicillin. please help…

A: A disk diffusion test helps to test the susceptibility of any bacteria against different…

Q: With antibiotic Without antibiotic 100 80 60- 40 20 Figure 3 % Survival maphylococcus aureus Vibrio…

A: Bacteria that acquire resistance genes, either through random mutation or genomic interchange with…

Q: Why is the membrane filter method preferred to the most probable numbermethod (MPN) for the…

A: Most probable number (MPN) is a method used to estimate the numbers of bacterial cells in a water…

Q: Use the information in the tables below to determine the most probable number of bacteria per 100 mL…

A: Given  Number of positive tube  0.1 ml = 4  0.01 ml = 1  0.001 ml = 0

Q: A culture of bacteria is found to have a DRT of 2 minutes. How long would it take to reduce the…

A: Heat is used for sterilization of those substances that can withstand it over longer periods or…

Q: water sample could be (-) for coliforms when tested by PMF method, could this water still be a major…

A: Water pollution is described as the fouling of bodies of water. Water pollution occurs when rivers,…

Q: What is believed to be the concentration of bacteria in soil? 109-1010 cells/g dry weight 105-106…

A: Introduction Bacteria are the unicellular living cells/organisms belonging to the domain prokaryote.…

Q: What types of bacteria are inhibited on MacConkey agar

A: MacConkey agar,  contains peptones, lactose, bile salts, NaCl, neutral red (pH indicator), and…

Q: As a Microbiologist working on a bioremediation project, you are torn between 2 choices for…

A: The process of bioremediation, defined as the use of microorganisms to detoxify or remove pollutants…

Q: For long-term storage of microbes that will be may be revived and grown later, what temperatures are…

A: The underlying principle of long term preservation is to keep microorganisms in a dormant state,…

Q: Which of the following is an example of microbial control? Select all that apply. View Available…

A: Microbes  They are the submicroscopic organism that may be useful or harmful to human, animals and…

Q: What method of bacterial measurement does this graph represent? Is it considered direct, or…

A: Here Bacterial growth is measured in terms of absorbance so, bacterial growth is measured with the…

Q: Which of the following statements regarding microbial death is FALSE? Question options: cell…

A: Microbial death is defined as the permanent loss of reproductive capacity of microbes under ideal…

Q: The survival, growth and reproduction of microorganisms are influenced by physical and nutritional…

A: Microbes The growth of microbes can be controlled by various physical and chemical agents. Some of…

Q: how many hours will it take to produce 10^-6 grams of biomass?

A: Bacterial growth refers to the bacteria proliferation involving the division of cells into…

Q: Answer the question briefly and concisely. The Mannitol salt agar (MSA) only allows the growth of…

A: Nutrient growth media are laboratory media that are used to support the growth of microorganisms,…

Q: A chemostat creates a constant flow of fresh nutrients and waste removal for industrial use of…

A: A steady state is a condition where variables remain constant and unaffected by other changing…

Environmental Microbiology

Environmental biology deals with the study of microorganisms and their interaction with their surroundings. This term itself covers the microbial interactions with water, soil, air, and microbial too.