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what is culture media

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preparations that are decided to support the growth of microbes

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what are the physical forms of media

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solid, semisolid, and liquid/broth

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how do we solidify media

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by using agar

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how are solid and semisolid media distinguished

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the percentage of agar used will determine which form we get

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who introduced the solid culture media method for growing bacteria

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robert koch

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what are the forms of solidified agar

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agar slant, agar deep, or agar plate

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what tool is used to inoculate an agar slant

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inoculating loop

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what tool is used to inoculate an agar deep

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inoculating needle

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what are the types of media based on chemical composition

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defined/synthetic media and complex media

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what is defined/synthetic media

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a medium in which all components and their concentrations are known

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what is a complex media

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contains some ingredients of unknown composition and/or concentration

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what is complex media used for

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used for most heterotrophic bacteria that one works with in an introductory lab

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give some examples of complex media that one would use in an intro lab

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nutrient broth, tryptic soy broth

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what are some complex media components

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tryptones, peptones, and extracts

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what is tryptone

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derived from a digest of casein by the enzyme trypsin

  • it’s an assortment of peptides
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what are peptones

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protein hydrolysates prepared by the partial digestion of various proteins

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describe the extracts used in complex medium

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aqueous, usually from beef or yeast, and they contain a mixture of peptides, amino acids, minerals, vitamins

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why is complex media useful

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useful when you don’t know the nutritional needs of a particular bacterium you want to grow, or when you want a general purpose media that can fit the needs of many microbes

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give examples of common complex media

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tryptic soy broth, tryptic soy agar, luria broth, nutrient broth/agar

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how do we solidify a liquid media

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use agar

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what is agar

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a polysaccharide that is exracted from a marine alga

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where does agar come from

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marine alga

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how much agar do we add to solidify a liquid media

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1.5% agar is added (15g/L)

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list two advantages of agar

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it isn’t degraded by most microbes

it liquifies at 100 C and can be cooled to 42-45 C before it hardens (easy to work with)

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list the functional types of media
general purpose, enriched, selective, differential, mannitol salt agar
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what is general purpose media
a media that supports the growth of many microbes (it's like our baseline media)
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give examples of general purpose media
tryptic soy agar/broth
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what is enriched media
general purpose media supplemented by blood or other special nutrients
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give an example of enriched media
blood agar, chocolate agar
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what is selective media
favors the growth of some microbes and inhibits the growth of others
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give examples of selective media
eosin methylene blue agar (EMB), MacConkey agar, mannitol salt agar (MSA)
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describe what eosin methylene blue agar does (why is it a selective media)
used for E coli detection (suppresses growth of gram positive bacteria)
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describe what MacConkey agar does (why is it selective media)
it contains bile salts and crystal violet that inhibits the growth of gram positive organisms
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describe differential media
allows one to distinguish between dif groups of microbes based on their biological characteristics
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give an example of differential media
blood agar, EMB
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explain why blood agar is a differential medium
it can differentiate between hemolytic (can lyse RBCs) and nonhemolytic bacteria - hemolytic bacteria will have clear-ish rings around their colonies
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explain why EMB is a differential medium
allows one to distinguish between bacteria that can ferment/break down lactose from those that cannot - ie E coli, a lactose fermenter, turns metallic on EMB
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what type of medium is mannitol salt agar
differential and selective
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describe mannitol salt agar as a differential + selective medium
differentiates between those that ferment mannitol to produce acids from those that cannon - those that can ferment will form yellow zones around their colonies - is selective because salt concentration inhibits some bacterial growth
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define a pure culture
a population of cells arising from a single cell
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how can you derive a pure culture from a sample?
spread plate technique, streak plate technique, or the pour plate technique
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define colony
visible growth or cluster of microorganisms on an agar surface
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describe the spread plate technique
you spread a mixture of cells on an agar surface so that individual cells are well separated from each other. Makes use of a spreader
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describe the streak plate technique
involves spreading a mixture of cells on an agar surface so that individual cells are well separated. Makes use of an inoculating loop + the T streak method
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what is the T streak method
on a plate, go back and forth with your loop to distribute the concentrated cells. then streak from that area to a sterile part on the plate, and continue until it's dilute enough that the colonies will be separated from each other
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describe the pour plate technique
sample is diluted several times, then put into empty petri dishes. Agar is poured in, and the plates are swirled to mix them, and then it hardens
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how do you make a pure culture broth
isolate one colony + put it into broth
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what do we look at during colony identification
morphology
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what morphological factors do we look for during colony identification
form, elevation, margin, texture, appearance, optical property, pigmentation
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list the different forms of colonies
punctiform (little dots), circular, filamentous, irregular, rhizoid (protruding/branched lines), and spindle
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list the different elevations colonies can have
flat, raised, convex (contact lens shaped), pulvinate (like a bubble), umbonate (irregular/lumpy)
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what are the different margins a colony can have?
entire, undulate, lobate, erose, filamentous, curled
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colonies more that 5mm in diameter or are irregular shape are likely made up of ___ cells
motile
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where on the plate is colony growth most rapid
at the edge of the plate
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why is colony growth most rapid at the edge of the plate
these cells have more access to oxygen and nutrients
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where is colony growth the slowest on a plate
in the center

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