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Introduction to Microbiology Techniques Flashcards

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1
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What is a defined media?

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Media where all ingredients AND their amounts are known.

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What is another name for a Primary media, what does it do and what are examples?

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Non selective media, supports large number of organisms. Sheep Blood agar, Trypticase soy

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What is selective media and what is an example?

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Inhibits some organisms, CNA

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What is differential media and what is an example?

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Indicators of biochemical reactions, MAC

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What are some examples of combination medias?

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MAC, XLD, HEK

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6
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What are enrichment medias? Examples?

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Allows for more growth than primary media, Chocolate. Often incubated in CO2 for fastidious organisms.

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What are maintenance medias? What can be grown on them?

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Allows for extended growth time (limits sugars or adds extra buffer) Salmonella and E. Coli.

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8
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What do Dyes inhibit?

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Gram pos

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9
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What are some selective agents and what do they inhibit?

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Heavy Metals (ex: Bismuth sulfite for Salmonella*)
Antimicrobials
Sodium desoxycholate (bile salts) inhibits GP
Phenylethyl alcohol= inhibits GN
Azide= Inhibits GN
NaCl = Only allows Staphylococcus
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10
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What type of media is SBA?

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Primary

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11
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What type of media is Trypticase Soy?

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Primary

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12
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What type of media is CNA?

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Selective

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What type of media is MAC? Selective for? Colors?

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Selective and differential; selective for Gram (-), dark pink = pos= uses lactose Clear = (bright pink)= neg= does not use lactose

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14
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What are specimens from normally sterile areas place on?

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Enrichment (chocolate)

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15
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What things are taken into account when selecting a media?

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Type of specimen
What condition is suspected
Results of preliminary exam of specimen

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16
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What type of Media is XLD? selective for? Colors?

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Selective Isolation and Selective differential media; Selects Gram (-) via bile salts; CHO (+)= Yellow, CHO (-) = Clear/red H2S = Black

17
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What type of media is HEK?

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Hektoen; Selective Isolation and Selective differential media Selects Gram (-) via bile saltsCHO (+)= orange, CHO (-) = Clear/gree H2S = Black

18
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What type of media is EMB?

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Selective Isolation and Selective differential media Selects Gram (-) Ecoli = metallic green

19
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What type of media is bismuth sulfide?

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Heavy metals; Selective FOR Gram (-)

20
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What type of media is thoglycollate?

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liquid; anaerobes grow lower

21
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What media type is Brain Heart infusion?

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Primary

22
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What media type is Martian lewis or Thayer Martian? What grows on it?

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Selective enrichment agar for fastidious, inhibits usually flora for Neisseria gonorrhoea

23
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What are the three levels of hemolysis?

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Alpha = Partial and Green
Beta = Complete
Gamma = no hemolysis
24
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What is the most commonly used disinfectant used on non metallic surfaces?

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10% Bleach

25
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What is the standard temperature, PSI, and time for autoclave?

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121 Degrees C, 15PSI, 15-20min

26
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What is Obligate anaerobe

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Requires O2

27
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What is it called when an organism requires little O2?

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Microareophilie

28
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What is a facultative anaerobe?

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Grows best with O2 but can grow without O2

29
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What is Ambient Air and its Element amounts?

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Room air, non-CO2, O2=21% CO2= .03%

30
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What are CO2 incubator element amounts? What kind of incubator is it?

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O2= 15% CO2= 5-10%; aerobic

31
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What are Microareophilic incubator elements?

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O2= 5% CO2= 10%

32
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What are anaerobic incubator elements?

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O2=0% CO2= 5-10% (rest is N)

33
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What goes in ambient air incubation?

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Biochemicals, differential media, Antimicrobial susceptibility

34
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What goes in CO2 incubation?

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Primary plates and fastidious organisms

35
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What is a direct smear?

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Specimen is plated directly on slide and then gram stained provides initial clue to cause of infection

36
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What are two stains that require fluorescent microscope readings?

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Acid fast, Acridine orange, and Calcofluor white

37
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What is the most important characters for making the diagnosis of “gangrene” based on a direct smear?

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Necrotic Background and absence of intact cells

38
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What method is MALDI-TOF?

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Rapid method

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