Cell Culture Flashcards
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How are the bacteria detected?
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When there is enough bacteria they can be detected by staining and microscopy .
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Why does putting a sample into bacterial growth medium enable the number of particular bacteria in the sample to be increased?
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Bacteria grow by division, one becomes two, two becomes four etc.
if growth medium used is selective for a particular type of microorganism, it’ll grow without others growing.
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An example of where cell culture is used…. (3)
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Bacterial culture can be used to detect TB infection and salmonella. It can also be used to detect pathogenic bacteria.
