SIM/STARCH TO TRANSFORMATION)EXAM QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Starch is a polymer that is made of several thousand _________ monomers.
Glucose
Sucrose
Amino acids
Fructose
Glucose
A positive result for starch hydrolysis means that the enzyme __________ is
produced by the bacteria.
amylase
Oxidase
Catalase
Hydrolase
Amylase
Is this plate positive or negative for starch hydrolysis?
Positive
, The black precipitate that is produced by some bacteria in SIM media is
_____________.
Iron sulfate
Iron sulfide
Hydrogen sulfide
Iodine
Iron Sulfide
Some pathogenic gram negative bacteria can deaminate cysteine and produce
________ in SIM media.
Iron sulfide
Carbon dioxide
Hydrogen sulfide
Iron sulfate
Hydrogen Sulfide
When inoculating the starch plate we want to get an isolated colony so we need
to do a streak plate method.
True or False?
False
For the SIM stab labeled A is it positive or negative for indole?