Growth and Nutrition of Bacteria
A spore differs from an actively replicating bacterium in that the spore

is able to withstand more extreme conditions than the replicating cell
is metabolically inactive
is produced during a process involving asymmetric division
All of these

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Growth and Nutrition of Bacteria
Which of the following organisms typically get their carbon for biosynthesis from organic compounds?

Aerobic, glucose-respiring bacteria (aerobic respiration)
Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (chemolithotrophic bacteria)
None of these
Photosynthetic cyanobacteria (phototrophic metabolism)

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Growth and Nutrition of Bacteria
Which of the following is not the characteristic of a growth curve?

Shows development of microbial population under relatively stable environmental conditions
Graphs numbers of microbes versus time
Each growth curve consists of four distinct phases
Plotted with logarithmic numbers

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