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The Five I’s

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-Inoculation
-Incubation
-Isolation
-Inspection
-Identification

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Inoculation

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Introduction of microbes into or upon a media

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Culture

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-(verb) Adding to and the growing of microbes in various media
-(Noun) Population of microbes in or on nutrient medium

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Medium/Media (plural)

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A nutrient-containing environment in which microbes can multiply

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Incubation

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Inoculated media placed in temp controlled chamber called incubators

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Incubator temperatures and function

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-Control temperature for culture growth.
-Temps ranging from 20-45 degrees C
-Also control atmospheric gasses ( oxygen, CO2)

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Microbial growth in liquid medium is

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Cloudy or has turbidity

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Colonies

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Visible masses of piled up cells

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Media classified into 3 properties

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1) Physical state 2) Chemical Composition 3) Functional type

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Media Physical state

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Liquid, semisolid, solid

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Media Chemical composition

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Chemically defined (synthetic) or Complex (not chemically defined)

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Media Functional types (8)

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-General purpose
-Enriched
-Selective
-Differential
-Anaerobic growth
-Specimen transport
-Assay
-Enumeration

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Liquid Media

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-Water based solutions that do not solidify above freezing temps
-Broths, milks, infusions

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Semisolid media

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-Clot like consistency at room temps
-Contains enough agar or gelatin to thicken but not solidify
-Used to determine motility of bacteria
-Also used to localize a reaction to specific site

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Brain and heart infusion

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  • made by boiling cow or pig heart and brain. Very nutrient dense
    semisolid- lower concentration of agar (0.5-1%)
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Solid Media

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-Provides a firm surface upon which cells can form discrete/separate colonies
-Used to isolate bacteria and fungi

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Agar media

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-Complex polysaccharide isolated from red alga
-Solid at room temp, liquefies at 100 C
-Begins to solidify at 42 C
-Any medium containing 1-5% agar usually has the word “agar” in its name

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Defined (synthetic) Media

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-Exact chemical compositions are known
-May contain pure organic and inorganic compounds that vary little from one source to another

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Complex Media

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-Contains at least one component that is not chemically definable.
-Provides rich mix of nutrients for microbes that have complex needs
examples: Blood, serum, meat extracts,milk, yeast extract, soybean

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Fastidious bacteria

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Have complex or specific growth requirements

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General purpose media

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-Complex media w/ nutrients that grow a broad spectrum of microbes

-Nutrient agar and broth, brain heart infusion, and soy agar

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Enriched media

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-Contains complex organic substances that fastidious bacteria require for growth.
(blood, serum, hemoglobin or special growth factors)

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Selective media

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-Contains one or more agents that inhibit growth of certain microbes.
-Encourages select microbes to grow
-Primary isolation of a certain type of microorganism from a mixed sample

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Differential Media

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-Allow multiple types of organisms to grow but display visible differences between species
(size, color, media color changes or formation of gas bubbles or precipitates)

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Blood Agra

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-Differential AND enriched media
-used as an enrichment medium for fastidious microbes as well as differential for seeing visible differences

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Hemolysins

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Enzymes that (break down) red blood cells to release iron-rich hemoglobin

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Beta- hemolysis

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-Complete lysis of red blood cells
-Transperency

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Alpha- hemolysis

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incomplete lysis of red blood cells

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Gamma hemolysis

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no hemolysis

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MacConkey Media

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-Selective for gram negative bacteria
-Lactose fermenters grow red whereas non-fermenters grow yellow

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Mannitol Salt Agar

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-Selective for staphylocci
- Mannitol fermenters turn medium yellow.
-nonfermenter growth turns pink

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Reducing Media

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Grow anaerobic bacteria

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Carbohydrate fermentation media

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-Contain sugars that can be fermented and pH indicator to show reaction

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Transport media

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Maintains and preserves specimen

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Assay Media

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-Tests effectiveness of antimicrobial drugs disinfectants, antiseptics, cosmetics and preservatives on the growth of microorganisms

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Enumeration

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-Used in industrial and environmental microbiology to count the numbers of organisms in milk, water, food, soil etc

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Isolation

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Individual bacterial cell separated and given space on a firm nutrient surface.

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Colony

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-Mound of cells formed on solid nutrient surface.
-Arises from a single cell

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Isolation techniques

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-Streak plate method
-Pour Plate Method
-Spread Plate Method

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Pure culture/Anexic

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Container of medium that contains only a single known species or type of microorganism

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Subculture

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A second level culture from a well isolated colony

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Mixed culture

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Container that holds two or more identified, easily differentiated species of microbes.

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Contaminated culture

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A culture that was once pure or mixed that now contains contaminants (unwanted microbes)

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Inspection

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-Examining growth and location of growth in tubes
-Looking at morphology of cells or colonies (size, shape, color)

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Identification

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Identifying celluar geneses, species and metabolism through
-Biochemical testing
-Genotypic testing (DNA)
-Immunological testing

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Biochemical testing

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Determines chemical characteristics such as nutrient requirements, products given off during growth, presence of enzymes, and mechanisms for deriving energy.

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Genotypic testing

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Analysis of DNA-PCR sequencing

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Immunologic testing

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Testing against known antibodies

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