In the name Escherichia coli, “coli” is the:

In the above diagram, if black represents bacterial growth, which of the tubes represents growth of a strict or obligate anaerobe?

What are the three reasons we use agar as a support medium for bacterial growth?

List one prokaryotic cell structure that is found in some bacteria, but not all.  What is the advantage of having that structure?

Place the steps of conjugation in order.

Griffith’s experiments with mice proved that there was “transforming principle” and Avery, McCleod, and McCarty proved that the “transforming principle” was:

Choose the TWO correct statements from the following list. A bacterial culture enters stationary phase because: the cells are “tooling up” for rapid growth toxic products of metabolism may have accumulated the energy source may have been depleted the cells have aged and old cells cease dividing it must synthesize new proteins before it can resume growth

Which of the following statements uses the correct nomenclature?

Investigators have shown that when one member of a household chronically takes an antibiotic to treat acne, the concentration of antibiotic resistant bacteria of the skin of other family members rises. This would occur because:

What was the key to Pasteur’s experiment to disprove spontaneous generation?