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WorksheetsMICROBIAL NUTRITION
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 5mins
Substance that accounts for 80-90% of the total weight of the cell
HYDROGEN
CARBON DI OXIDE
OXYGEN
WATER
Carbon, phosphorus and sulphur are examples of
ELEMENTS
MACRONUTRIENTS
MICRONUTRIENTS
GROWTH FACTORS
The element which acts as the backbone/skeleton of all organic molecules is
HYDROGEN
OXYGEN
CARBON
NITROGEN
Nucleic acids and proteins are principally made up of which element
NITROGEN
CARBON
SULPHUR
PHOSPHORUS
Sulphur containing compounds in the cell are
NUCLEIC ACIDS
AMINO ACIDS
CARBOHYDRATE
LIPIDS
The macronutrient that is associated with cytochromes, ferrodoxins and acts as co-factor of some enzymes
POTASSIUM
IRON
CALCIUM
MAGNESIUM
The macronutrient present in ATP energy molecule is
MAGNESIUM
CALCIUM
PHOSPHORUS
IRON
Diatoms synthesize their cell wall with this micronutrient
SILICA
ZINC
CALCIUM
MOLYBDENUM
The organisms which can use reduced inorganic compounds as electron donors are known as
PHOTOTROPHS
LITHOTROPHS
CHEMOTROPHS
ORGANOTROPHS
Which of the following amino acids require sulphur for their synthesis?
TRYPTOPHAN
METHIONINE
CYSTEINE
METHIONINE & CYSTEINE
Which of the following bacteria does not belong to photolithoautotrophy nutritional class?
Thiomargarita namibiensis
Purple sulfur bacteria
Green sulfur bacteria
Cyanobacteria
Nitrifying bacteria belongs to the nutritional class of_______
Chemoorganotrophy
Photolithotrophy
Chemolithotrophy
Chemoorganotrophy
Which of the following species falls under the category of hydrogen-producing bacteria?
Thiobacillus thiooxidans
Nitrosomonas europaea
Nitrobacter winogradskyi
Alkaligenes eutrophus
Special type of chlorophyll present in purple sulfur bacteria is
chlorophyll
bacteriochlorophyll
xanthophyll
carotenoid
Green sulfur bacteria has a special chlorophyll called
chlorophyll
bacteriochlorophyll
bacteriviridin
xanthophyll
Iron bacteria utilize iron in the form of
Fe
Fe2+
Fe3+
FeSo4
Organisms that live on dead and decaying matter are called
holotrophs
saprotrophs
symbionts
parasites
Microorganisms that can shift between their modes of nutrition
Autotrophs
Holotrophs
Heterotrophs
Mixotrophs
Movement of molecules from a region of higher concnetration to lower concentration
Diffusion
Osmosis
Active transport
Translocation
Passive diffusion requires the help of these molecules to facilitate uptake
enzymes
lipids
permeases
co-factors
Substrate binding proteins are present in
proton gradient transport
ABC transporter
Facilitated diffusion
Sodium ion gradient
Movement of two molecules in the same direction
Uniport
Symport
Antiport
Multiport
Sodium ion gradient is an example of what type of transport
Uniport
Symport
Antiport
Both Symport and Antiport
Identify the transport mechanism
Passive diffusion
Facilitated diffusion
Active transport
Proton gradient
A bacteria uses sulphur as source of energy and hydrogen sulphide as source of electron donor. What is its mode of nutrition?
Photolithotroph
Chemolithotroph
Chemoorganotroph
Photoorganotroph
