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3.4 Microbiology Flashcards

1
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Cocci

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Spherical

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2
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Bacillus

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Rod shaped

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3
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Spirillum

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Corkscrew

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4
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Gram positive stain

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Purple

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5
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Gram negative stain

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Red

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6
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Gram positive contain

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-Thick outer wall of peptidoglycan
-No lipopolysaccharide layer
-Crystal violet can remain

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7
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Gram negative contain

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-Thin peptidoglycan wall
-Outer lipopolysaccharide membrane
-Alcohol removes lipopolysaccharide layer
-Thin peptidoglycan layer allows stain to be washed away

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8
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Gram staining steps

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Fixation
Stain with Crystal violet
Iodine
Decolorisation
Safranin

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9
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Needed for growth of bacteria

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-Carbon source (glucose or lactose)
-Nitrogen source (ammonia or amino acids)
-Sulphur and phosphorus
-Vitamins and minerals
-Suitable pH
-Suitable temperature

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10
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Obligate aerobe

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Needs oxygen

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Obligate anaerobe

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No oxygen

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12
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Facultative anaerobe

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Grows best with oxygen but can respire anaerobically if needed

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13
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Aseptic technique prevents

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-Contamination of the environment by the microorganism being handled
-Contamination of the bacterial culture by environment

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14
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How to sterilise tools

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Pass through blue Bunsen burner flame until it glows red

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15
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How to serialise glassware

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High pressure and temperature in autoclave for 15 min

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16
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Pouring a sterile agar plate

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-Open bottle using little finger and do not pace on bench
-Flame neck of bottle
-Work close to flame as updraft prevents contamination
-Open sterile Petri dish at an angle
-Pour and close immediately
-Swirl to move air bubbles
-Secure lid with tape

17
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Inoculating nutrient agar plate

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-Sterilise inoculating loop in blue flame until glows red
-Dip into milk
-Hold Petri dish lid at an angle to reduce contamination
-Spread milk across surface of agar in zig zag while rotating
-Tap lid shut
-Do not completely seal as anaerobic conditions encourage pathogenic bacteria
-Incubate at 25c and not 37c as human pathogen

18
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Staining

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-Crystal violet is absorbed by the peptidoglycan as binds to it in the cell wall
-Add iodine which crystallises the purple stain
-Add alcohol which dissolves the lipopolysaccharide layer of the gram negative and dehydrates the peptidoglycan
-Gram positive is purple
-Gram negative is colourless as purple is washed away
-Safranin stains the gram negative pink/red and is not seen in the positive

19
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What does safranin do

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Stain gram negative red
Does not stain gram positive

20
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What alcohol does

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Dissolves the lipopolysaccharide layer of the gram negative and dehydrates the peptidoglycan

21
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What iodine does

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Crystallises the violet

22
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2 categories for counting bacteria

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-Viable count
-Total count

23
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Viable count

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Counts only living bacteria
E.g serial dilutions

24
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Total count

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-Counts living and dead bacteria

25
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Bacteria in a liquid can be counted

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Directly
Indirectly (cloudiness)

26
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Viable count method

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-Sterile water
-1cm3 of sample into tube (10^-1)
-Mix and then take 1ml and place into second tube
-This is 10^-2
-Repeat until 10^-4

27
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To estimate the number of bacteria present in original sample

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Multiply the number of colonies counted by the dilution factor

28
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Why is count an estimate

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-It does not include dead or noon viable bacteria
-We cannot be sure that each colony has grown from a single bacterium

29
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Why is log scale used

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Allows a rapidly growing population to be accurately plotted on a graph

30
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Lag phase

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-Initial exposure to the environment
-Little growth but the cells are taking up water and carrying out protein synthesis and producing enzymes

31
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Stationary phase

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-Carrying capacity of the environment
-Dying at same rate as they are reproduced

32
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Death phase

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Build up of toxic waste products in cells or due to lack of oxygen or nutrients

33
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Log phase

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-Population increases rapidly

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