Chapter 2 Flashcards
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Culture
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-Microorganisms growing IN or ON a nutrient medium
2
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Medium (pl. media)
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-Nutrients used to GROW microbes OUTSIDE their normal habitat
3
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Pure Culture
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-A single species
4
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Mixed Culture
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-Multiple species
5
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Contaminated Culture
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-Unknown or Unwanted microbes in the culture
6
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6 I’s of Culturing Microbes
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-Microbiologists use six basic techniques to characterize microorganisms in the laboratory
7
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Inoculation
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- The sample is placed into a container of Medium that will support its growth.
- Medium may be Solid or Liquid
- Delivery tool is usually a loop, needle, swab, or syringe
