FMB - Lab Lecture 1 Flashcards

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1
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Used for handling, isolating, transferring, and cultivating microbes.

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Inoculating Loop

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Used for stabbing bacteria vertically into deep tube of media to determine the shape of the hole digested by the bacteria.

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Inoculating Needle

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Used for spreading the bacteria in the plate.

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L-shape glass rod

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4
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Can be used as spreader and can also be used during sampling instead of inoculating loops.

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Cotton Swab

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5
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Allow the users to extract or deliver small amount of liquid of microbial dilutions.

  • micro liter
  • “exact quantity”
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Mechanical pipettes

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Used in heating substances and in incineration the specialized tool to avoid contaminants.

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Alcohol Lamp

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Used for the cultivation of microorganism on solid media.

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Petri plates

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Can be used for culturing, maintaining and storing cultures, specifically in broth.

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Test Tubes

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9
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Important in microbial dilutions for microbial count.

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Test Tubes

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10
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Hold the microbial cultures and store liquids.

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Erlenmeyer Flask

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11
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Can also be used for the preparation of culture media.

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Erlenmeyer Flask

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12
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Hold and work in mixing culture media and other liquids.

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Beaker

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13
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Not recommended in culturing bacteria due to its open space or wide mouth.

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Beaker

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14
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Latin word of Microscope

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Microscopium

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15
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“to look at”

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skopein

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16
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A laboratory instrument used to examine objects that are to small to be seen by the naked eye.

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Microscope

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17
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Contains more than one magnifying lens.

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Compound Light Microscope

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18
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The image from the _________ is magnified again by the __________ .

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  1. Objective Lens
  2. Ocular Lens
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19
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Maximum magnifying power of about ________.

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1,000 x

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20
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Specimen remain in focus.

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Parfocal

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21
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Remagnifies the image formed by the objective lens.

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Ocular lens

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22
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Transmit the image from the objective lens to the ocular lens.

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Body tube

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23
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Primary lenses that magnify the specimen.

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Objective lenses

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24
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Holds the microscope slide in position.

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Stage

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25
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Focuses light through the specimen.

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Condenser

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26
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Controls the amount of light entering the condenser.

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Diaphragm

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27
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Light source.

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Illuminator

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28
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A device that uses steam to sterilize equipment and other objects. This means that all bacteria, viruses, fungi, and spores are inactivated.

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Autoclave

29
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It is a pressurized device that enables the heating of aqueous solutions up to temperatures above the boiling point of water.

A

Autoclave

30
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It works by allowing steam to enter and maintaining
pressure of ________ . This causes the steam to reach _________ for ________.

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  1. 15 psi
  2. 121 degree C
  3. 15 Minutes
31
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When the holding period is over, the heater is turned off and the autoclave allowed to cool till the pressure inside is equal to the atmospheric pressure.

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Autoclave

32
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Provide a high degree of localized control for critical processes.

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Laminar flow hood

33
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The work area is continuously bathed with positive pressure HEPA- filtered air to protect the product from contamination.

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Laminar flow hood

34
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Designed for the handling of materials in a sterile working environment.

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Laminar flow hood

35
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A device used to grow and maintain microbiological cultures or cell cultures.

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Incubator

36
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Maintains optimal temperature, humidity and other conditions such as the carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen content of the atmosphere inside.

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Incubator

37
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Highly sensitive lab instruments designed to accurately measure mass.

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Analytical Balance

38
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  • have finer readability,
  • more sensitive to changes, and
  • can detect smaller variations in mass
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Analytical Balance

39
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Can safely be used in microbiology
laboratory for preparation of media.

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Microwave

40
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It may be used to preserve certain chemical reagents or media.

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Refrigerator

41
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It may be used to grow certain types of bacteria.

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Refrigerator

42
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This can also be used to preserve cultures of bacteria, yeast, and other microbes.

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Refrigerator

43
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Cooked cut potato - earliest solid medium

A

Robert Koch

44
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  • not satisfactory due to low melting point
  • liquefy at 24 degree C
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Gelatin

45
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Agar

A

Frau Hesse

46
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  • Most used to prepare solid media
  • Polysaccharide extract obtained from seaweed.
  • No nutritive value
  • Not affected by the growth of the bacteria.
A

Agar

47
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Melts at ___ to ___ & sets at ___ to ____ .

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Melts at 98 to 100 degree C & sets at 42 to 45 degree C.

48
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_____ agar is employed in solid medium

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2%

49
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AGAR: AN IDEAL SOLIDIFYING AGENT

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(a) Bacteriologically inert.
(b) No influence on bacterial growth.
(c) It remains solid at 37°C.
(d) It is transparent.

50
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Exact composition is not known.

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Empirical or Natural

51
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Have known quantities of all ingredients.

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Synthetic or Defined

52
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Empirical or Natural examples.

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milk, urine, diluted blood, vegetable juices, meat
extracts, infusions and peptone.

53
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Synthetic or Defined

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Glucose or glycerol are often used as carbon sources, and ammonium salts or nitrates as inorganic nitrogen sources.

54
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Liquid (broth)

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  • used for profuse growth
  • Mixed organisms cannot be separated.
55
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Solid (slant, plate)

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  • Bacteria may be identified by studying the colony character.
  • Mixed bacteria can be separated.
  • Solid media is used for the isolation of bacteria as pure culture.
56
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Semi-solid (soft agar)

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  • Contains 0.5% agar
  • Usually for motility media
  • Isolation of bacteriophage
57
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May be used for growth (culture) of bacteria that do
not need enrichment of the media.

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General or Non-selective

58
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General or Non-selective example.

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Enterobacteriaceae and Staphylococcus spp.

59
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Macroscopically visible collection of millions of bacteria originating from a single bacterial cell.

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Colony

60
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Favors the growth of a particular bacterium by inhibiting the growth of undesired bacteria and allowing growth of desirable bacteria.

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Selective media

61
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uses the biochemical characteristics of a
microorganism growing in the presence of
specific nutrients or indicators added to the
medium to visibly indicate the defining
characteristics of a microorganism.

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Differential

62
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Lactose Fermenting Colonies

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Pink

63
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Non-lactose Fermenting Colonies

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Colorless

64
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MacConkey’s Agar

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Gram negative bacteria

65
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Macrospically visible collection of millions of bacteria originating from a single bacterial cell. 25-200 CFU’s

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Colony

66
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Mechanical Parts of Microscope:

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  • Base
  • Pillar
  • Arm
  • Stage
  • Inclination Joint
  • Stage clips
  • Revolving nose piece
  • Body Tube
  • Draw Tube
  • Fine ajdustment knob
  • Course adjustment knob
67
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Optical Parts of Microscope:

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  • Objective Lens
  • Ocular Lens
68
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Illuminating Parts of Microscope:

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  • Diaphragm
  • Mirror