Environmental Monitoring Flashcards
1
Q
How is airborne sampling performed?
2
A
By passive air monitoring or by active air monitoring
2
Q
What is passive air monitoring?
A
A colony count on agar settle plates exposed to air for a given time
3
Q
What is active air monitoring?
A
The use of a microbial air sampler to physically draw a certain pre-determined volume of air and pass it over the agar
4
Q
How is surface sampling performed?
A
Using contact plater
5
Q
What are contact plates?
A
Agar plates filled so that the media forms a dome
There is a grid on the base of the plate to subdivide the growth area to aid accurate colony counts
6
Q
What is malt agar good at growing?
A
Fungi
7
Q
What is nutrient agar good at growing?
A
Bacteria and some fungi
8
Q
What type of agar is used for growing fungi?
A
Malt agar
