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#Question id: 20319


What is the purpose of quorum sensing?

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling
  1. Enables bacteria to turn on genes synchronously at density independent manner in the population.
  2. Enables bacteria to turn on genes synchronously in response to increases in the density of cells in the population.
  3. Enables bacteria to turn off genes synchronously in response to increases in the density of cells in the population.
  4. Enables bacteria to turn on genes synchronously in response to decreases in the density of cells in the population.
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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