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Micro Test 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| BINARY FISSION | PROCESS IN WHICH A PARENT CELL DUPLICATES ITS COMPONETS AND DEVIDES INTO 2 DAUGHTER CELLS |
| BUDDING | PROCESS IN WHICH A SMALL OUTGROWTH DEVELOPS FROM THE SURFACE OF AN EXISTING PARENT CELL AND THEN SEPARATES FROM THE PARENT CELL |
| VIABLE BACTERIA | BACTERIA CAPABLE OF REPRODUCING |
| GENERATION TIME | TIME FOR A BACTERIAL CELL TO DIVIDE AND A POPULATION TO DIVIDE |
| GROWTH CURVE | GRAPH THAT PLOTS THE NUMBER OR ORGANISMS IN A GROWING POPULATION OVER TIME |
| INVOLUTION | ODD SHAPED ABNORMAL CELLS |
| COLONY | ORIGINAL CELL PLUS ALL OF ITS DESCENDENTS |
| CFU | COLONY FORMING UNIT |
| SPECTROPHOTOMETER | HOW TURBIDITY IS MEASURED |
| TURBIDITY | CLOUDINESS OF BROTH CULTURE |
| OBLIGATE | STRICT |
| FACULTATIVE | FLEXIBLE |
| ACIDOPHILES | THRIVE IN LOW PH 0-5 |
| NEUTROPHILES | THRIVE IN NEUTRAL PH 6-9 |
| ALKALINOPHILES | THRIVE IN HIGH PH 10-14 |
| PSYCHROPHILES | GROW IN COLD TEMP 15 C |
| MESOPHILES | GROW BEST BETWEEN 20-40 C |
| THERMOPHILES | GROW BEST ABOVE 45 C |
| FACULTATIVE | CAN SURVIVE WITH OR WITHOUT O2 |
| AEROTOLERANT | CAN TOLERATE O2 |
| OBLIGATE AEROBE | MUST HAVE O2 |
| OBLIGATE ANAEROBE | CAN NOT TOLERATE O2 |
| MYCOPLASMAS | COLOIES HAVE A FRIED EGG APPEARANCE |
| COCCUS SHAPE | ROUND OR SPHERICAL |
| BACILLUS SHAPE | ENLONGATED |
| SPIRILLIUM | SPIRAL OR "s" SHAPED |
| SPIROCHETE | CORKSCREW SHAPED |
| DIPLOCOCCI | PAIRS OF TWO |
| STREPTOCOCCI | CHAIN OF 4 OR MORE COCCI |
| TETRADS | FOUR COCCI IN A SQUARE |
| STAPHYLOCOCCUS | GRAPE LIKE CLUSTERS OR GROUP OF COCCI |
| STREPTOBACILLUS | CHAIN OF BACILLI (SAUSAGE LINK SHAPED) |