Multiple choice

A chemostat

  1. measures the turbidity of a culture

  2. measures the number of bacteria in a sample

  3. can keep bacteria in the desired phase of growth

  4. is only useful to virologists

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C Correct answer
Explanation

A chemostat is a bioreactor to which fresh medium is continuously added, while culture liquid containing leftover nutrients, metabolic end products, and microorganisms are continuously removed to keep the culture in a specific growth phase.