FMB - Lecture 4 Flashcards
Refers to an increase in size of all part of the organism.
Microbial Growth
It can result from an increase in cell number, cell size, of the amount of substance surrounding cells.
Microbial Growth
An increase in the size of a give population.
Unicellular Microorganisms / Microbial Growth
It may be expressed as an increased in either the number of individuals or the total amount of biomass.
Unicellular Microorganisms / Microbial Growth
Division into two. Asexual reproduction. It has four stages.
Binary Fission
Four Stages in Binary Fission:
- Parent Cell
- DNA Duplicates
- Cytoplasm Divides
- 2 Daughter Cells
Form of asexual reproduction. There must be an outgrowth (bud) that develops on the parent cell.
Budding
Division of _______ can be symmetrical or asymmetrical.
Budding
Standard bacterial growth curve.
Phases of Growth
Making new enzymes in response to new medium. No division is happening.
LAG Phase
Adaptation and there is no net increase in bacterial numbers, however, the cells are metabolically active.
LAG Phase
Geometric progression.
LOG / EXPONENTIAL Phase
Desired for production of products.
Exponential / Logarithmic Growth
Can occur for a limited time because of nutrient and gas depletion, waste accumulation, and decrease in ATP generation.
LOG / EXPONENTIAL Phase
The time required for a cell to divide.
Generation Time
Maintain logarithmic phase of bacteria.
Chemostat
Is the continuous flow of media.
Chemostat
The period of equilibrium.
STATIONARY Phase
Microbial death balance production of new cells.
STATIONARY Phase
Population is decreasing at a logarithmic rate.
DEATH Phase
Assume a variety of unusual shapes.
- Pleomorphic
- Hard for the microbiologists to identify.
INVOLUTION - Death Phase
Methods used to measure microbial growth:
- Plate Counts (Serial Dilution, Pour/Spread Plates)
- Filtration
- Most Probable Number Method
- Direct Microscopic Count
- Flow Cytometry (FACS)
- Turbidity
Indirect Method
1. Dry weight
2. Metabolic Activity
Each colony on plate or filter arises from single live cell. Only count live cells.
PLATE COUNT
Small volume of liquid, diluted sample pipette on to surface of the medium and spread around evenly by a sterile spreading tool.
SPREAD PLATE METHOD
Fixed amount of inoculum (generally 1 ml) from a broth/sample is placed in the center of sterile Petri dish using a sterile pipette.
POUR PLATE METHOD
Viable counts are expressed in __________________________ , rather than cells, per unit volume.
COLONY FORMING UNITS (CFU)
Ideally only plates with _______ colonies are used.
25 - 250
Heavy and confluent growth, greater than 300 colonies.
TNTC (Too Numerous To Count)
Countable, 25 - 250 , 30 - 300 colonies.
Medium Growth
Few/light growth of colonies. Less than 25 / 30 colonies (1-24).
Too Few To Count (TFTC)
Because it is impossible to tell whether colonies are separates.
Confluent
Selective / Differential media is used for this method. It has a membrane filter with 45-47 micro filter (utilizes a selectively-permeable membrane).
Filtration
Count positive tubes and compare statistical ______ table.
Most Probable Number (MPN) / Multiple Test Tubes
Can be used for microbes that will grow in a liquid medium; it is a statistical estimation of microorganisms and it is statistically significant.
Most Probable Number (MPN) / Multiple Test Tubes
Need a microscope, special slides, and
high power objective lens. Counts live cells.
Direct Microscopic Counts