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MICROBIOLOGY LAB FINAL EXAM VERSION 2 ACTUAL
EXAM 2025/2026 NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED
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What color indicates a modest drop in pH (below 6.8) from the
production of acid? - ANSWER-Yellow
(Phenol Red)
What color indicates a rise in pH from the production of alkaline or
basic products? - ANSWER-Pink
(Phenol Red)
What product does a bubble in the Durham tube indicate? -
ANSWER-Gas (either Hydrogen or Carbon Dioxide or Both)
(Phenol Red)
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When sugars are fermented, what end-products are generated
that can be detected by this test? - ANSWER-Acid and Gas
(Phenol Red)
When proteins are deaminated, what product is generated that
then reacts with water to produce a pH change? - ANSWER-
Ammonia
(Phenol Red)
Yellow tube with bubble in Durham tube - ANSWER-A/G
(Phenol Red)
Yellow tube with NO bubble in Durham tube - ANSWER-A/-
(Phenol Red)
Pink tube with NO bubble in Durham tube - ANSWER-k
(Phenol Red)
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Red/Orange tube with NO bubble in Durham tube - ANSWER--/-
(Phenol Red)
Yellow tube with layer of orange or pink and bubble in Durham
tube - ANSWER-A/G wk
(Phenol Red)
Fermentation of the carbohydrate (sugar) with acid end products;
gas end products - ANSWER-A/G
(Phenol Red)
Fermentation of the carbohydrate (sugar) with acid end products;
no gas produced, or gas produced in undetectable amounts -
ANSWER-A/-
(Phenol Red)
Degradation of peptone; alkaline end products - ANSWER-k
(Phenol Red)
MICROBIOLOGY LAB FINAL EXAM VERSION 2 ACTUAL
EXAM 2025/2026 NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED
A+|
What color indicates a modest drop in pH (below 6.8) from the
production of acid? - ANSWER-Yellow
(Phenol Red)
What color indicates a rise in pH from the production of alkaline or
basic products? - ANSWER-Pink
(Phenol Red)
What product does a bubble in the Durham tube indicate? -
ANSWER-Gas (either Hydrogen or Carbon Dioxide or Both)
(Phenol Red)
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When sugars are fermented, what end-products are generated
that can be detected by this test? - ANSWER-Acid and Gas
(Phenol Red)
When proteins are deaminated, what product is generated that
then reacts with water to produce a pH change? - ANSWER-
Ammonia
(Phenol Red)
Yellow tube with bubble in Durham tube - ANSWER-A/G
(Phenol Red)
Yellow tube with NO bubble in Durham tube - ANSWER-A/-
(Phenol Red)
Pink tube with NO bubble in Durham tube - ANSWER-k
(Phenol Red)
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Red/Orange tube with NO bubble in Durham tube - ANSWER--/-
(Phenol Red)
Yellow tube with layer of orange or pink and bubble in Durham
tube - ANSWER-A/G wk
(Phenol Red)
Fermentation of the carbohydrate (sugar) with acid end products;
gas end products - ANSWER-A/G
(Phenol Red)
Fermentation of the carbohydrate (sugar) with acid end products;
no gas produced, or gas produced in undetectable amounts -
ANSWER-A/-
(Phenol Red)
Degradation of peptone; alkaline end products - ANSWER-k
(Phenol Red)