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Bacterial Culture Flashcards

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1
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What is a culture medium?

A

A water solution of various nutrients that encourage the growth or organisms

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What does a culture medium generally contain?

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Energy

Carbon, nitrogen and other essential nutrients

Growth factors (may be added to encourage the growth of a particular fastidious organism)

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What two forms can culture medias come in?

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Liquids or gels

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What does the success of culture depend on?

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Selection of appropriate culture media

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What are the five different types of medias?

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General purpose media

Enriched media

Selective media

Differential media

Selective and differential media

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Give an example of a general purpose media.

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Horse blood agar

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How is horse blood agar a general purpose media?

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It supports the growth of most gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria

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What is horse blood agar made from?

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Proteins sources

Sodium chloride

5% blood

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What is enriched media?

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Media fortified with yeast extracts or protein infusions, useful in growing fastidious organisms

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What are enriched medias fortified with?

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Yeast extracts

OR

Protein infusions

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Give an example of an enriched media.

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Chocolate agar

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12
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What is present in chocolate agar?

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Red blood cells that have been lysed

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13
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Name two fastidious organisms that require chocolate agar.

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Neisseria meningitis

Haemophilus influenzae

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What are selective medias?

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Selective medias encourage the growth of one organism whilst suppressing the growth of another

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Give an example of a selective media.

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MacConkey agar

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What does MacConkey agar contain that act as selective agents?

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Bile salts and crystal violet

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What is MacConkey selective for?

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Gram-negative rods

18
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What are differential medias?

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They differentiate target organisms from a mixed culture

19
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Give an example of a differential media.

A

MacConkey agar

20
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What are the differential agents in MacConkey agar?

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Peptone

Lactose

Neutral red dye

21
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Give an example of a selective differential media.

A

Mannitol salt agar

22
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What is the selective agent in mannitol salt agar?

A

High salt content

23
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What is the differential agent in Mannitol salt agar?

A

Mannitol and the indicator phenol red

24
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What is needed for anaerobic growth to be achieved?

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An anaerobic jar or cabinet with all the oxygen removed

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