List of top Biotechnology Questions on Microbiology asked in IIT JAM BT

A population of bacterial cells grows from 10,000 to 100,000,000 cells in 6 hours. The generation time of the bacterial population is ........... min. (rounded off to 2 decimals)

Which of the following statement(s) is/are CORRECT about Deinococcus radiodurans?

Mechanism of antibacterial action of polymyxins relies on the

The final stage of peptidoglycan (PG) biosynthesis is marked by PG cross-link formation and remodeling. Which of the following enzymes does NOT take part in these processes?

Sequence comparison of which of the following genes is used as a measure of evolutionary divergence across bacterial species?

The decimal reduction time (DRT or D value) of a bacterial culture is one minute. If a suspension of the bacterial culture contains an initial population of \( 10^6 \) cells, then the time (in minutes) required to reduce the number of bacteria to 10 by heat treatment is ............

Which of the following statements is correct?