A Microbe Growing in a Refrigerator is Likely

Question

A microbe growing in a refrigerator is likely
A) psychrophilic.
B) mesophilic.
C) psychrotolerant or psychrophilic.
D) hyperthermophilic.

Accepted Answer

A microbe growing in a refrigerator is likely to be adapted to cold temperatures, but not to the extreme cold that would be seen in a deep freeze, indicative of psychrophilic or psychrotolerant growth. Mesophilic and hyperthermophilic microbes would not be able to grow in the cold temperatures of a refrigerator.