Culture media and Cultivation

Question 1

Types of Culture

Answer 1

Pure culture
mixed culture
Stock culture

Question 2

One type of microbe

Answer 2

Pure culture

Question 3

More than one type of microbe

Answer 3

Mixed culture

Question 4

Unwanted microbe present

Answer 4

contaminated culture

Question 5

does not contain agar. (BHI, TSB, and thioglycolate)

Answer 5

Liquid medium

Question 6

contains 0.5%-1% agar (SIM medium)

Answer 6

Semi-solid medium

Question 7

contains 2-3% agar

Answer 7

Solid medium

Question 8

medium in which all the components are known

-isolation of cyanobacteria and chemoorganotrophs

Answer 8

Synthetic or defined medium

Question 9

medium in which some substance are unknown

-very useful for the isolation of medically significant bacteria

Answer 9

non-synthetic or complex medium

Question 10

used for obligate intracellular bacteria (rickettsia and chlamydia)

Answer 10

Tissue culture medium

Question 11

distributed into the dish or plate

Answer 11

Plated media

Question 12

prepared as either liquid, slant, butt and slant or butt.

Answer 12

Tube