Temperature Requirements for Microbial Growth Practice Problems

Which of the following is true about the effect of freezing on bacterial growth:

Which of the following is true about the optimum growth temperature of most mesophiles?

Psychrophiles would be less likely to survive at which of the following temperatures?

What is the primary mechanism by which moist heat kills bacterial endospores?

Which of the following statements about pasteurization is true?

If a microorganism has a higher thermal death point, it means:

Outside of the clinical setting which of the following is the most effective way of decontamination of water:

Which of the following is the best way to prevent the transmission of C. difficile:

What is the thermal death time (TDT) in microbiology?

What organisms can survive in scorching areas?

The minimum temperature at which a bacterium can continue to carry out its metabolic processes is referred to as its:

How does extreme cold temperature influence the shape of molecules and how does it impact microbes that are not psychrophiles?

What structural difference between gram-negative and gram-positive bacterium makes one more susceptible than the other when exposed to high temperature?

A microbiologist is studying a new strain of bacteria. She finds that at 60 degrees Celsius, it takes 10 minutes to kill 90% of the organisms. What is the decimal reduction time (D-value) for this temperature?