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#Question id: 12327


Which  of  the  following  is  the  most  accepted hypothesis as  to  why  invasive  species  take  over  communities into which they have been introduced?

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
  1. Invasive species are more aggressive than natives in competing for the limited resources of the environment.
  2. Invasive species are not held in check by the predators and agents of disease that have always been in place for the natives.
  3. Humans always select which species will outcompete the nuisance native species. 
  4. Invasive species have a higher reproductive potential than native species.
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#Question id: 3050

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Agar is well suited as a solidifying agent because

A. it has been melted in boiling water

B. it can be cooled to about 40 to 42°C before hardening

C. it will not melt again until the temperature rises to about 80 to 90°C.

D. most microorganisms cannot degrade it.

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#Question id: 3051

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

You have 10^10 cell/L of bacterial stock solution. To prepare 1 liter of growth medium containing 1000 bacteria, the volume in microlitre of this stock solution that should be added is

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#Question id: 3052

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

How many average CFU will form on petriplate if 0.1ml sample plating from 104 diluted sample (original sample contain 3x10^7 bacteria per ml)

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#Question id: 3053

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Bacterial culture contains 1000/ mL in the exponential growth phase. If you consider a generation time of 20 minutes, the total number of organisms / mL 60 minute will be

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#Question id: 3054

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

A pure culture in exponential growth phase has a bacterial concentration of 6.4 x 10^8 cells/ml. If the bacterium has a generation time of 1 h, how long ago was the cell concentration 8.0 x 10^7 cells/ml?

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#Question id: 3055

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

300 CFU will form on petriplate if 0.1ml sample plating from 10^6 diluted sample. Original sample contain bacteria per ml is