Puzzle Competition- Sep 2018
The puzzle for Sep 2018 was created by Jatin Chadha and Lavanya Khullar (both MSc Student). The competition was held on 14-Sep-2018 after the Journal club and Work presentations. The student participants were required to fill the answers on the spot in 30 minutes.
Puzzle-4 (Sep 2018)
CLUES
ACROSS
6. Ionophore antibiotic.
7. Plastic (PET) degrading bacteria.
10. Most abundant protein in animal world.
11. Phenomenon of Death of coral reefs due to global warming.
13. Strawberry tongue is symptom of which bacterial illness.
14. Anti cancer drug 5- fluorouracil acts by inhibiting the enzyme.
16. Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces this blue toxin to kill competing microbes.
21. First organism to be completely sequenced.
22. Recent viral outbreak in India.
23. Cysteine dependent aspartate directed proteases.
24. RNA polymerase ll is highly sensitive to this fungal toxin
DOWN
1. Virus used to establish the fact that DNA serves as genetic material.
2. Acid fast staining for Mycobacterium also called as _____________.
3. First TypeII restriction enzyme to be discovered.
4. Principle of plasmid isolation.
5. Biological indicator for dry heat sterilization.
8. Most acidophilic organism with ph optima at 0.7 .
9. A Chemical used for plasmid curing.
12. Fever inducing cytikine.
15. Another term for commercial sterility.
17. _______ on walls of fermenter prevents vortex formation during agitation.
18. German- Austrian scientist who discovered E coli.
19. ________ test is a colorimetric assay used for detection of beta lactamase production.
20. Bacterial organelles containing magnetite-greigite
Solution of Puzzle 4 (Sep 2018)
And the winners are-
First: Vishal Dashora (23 correct out of 24, submitted first)
Second:Aparajita (23 correct out of 24, submitted second)
