Lab 1 Flashcards
Biosafety levels
- no known risk - open bench, sink goggles, gloves
- disease in healthy adults but easily contained, transmission through ingestion, mucous membrane - biohazard warning, sharps, disposal of waste
- Disease may be lethal - controlled access
- high risk of lethal - complete isolation
nosocomial infection
infections acquired while receiving health care that was not previously there
Transient flora
Resident flora
Transient flora - temporarily present - easily acquired and transferred in a healthcare setting,
Resident flora - is always present - in skin and hair follicles, protect us from pathogens, and is difficult to remove. Compete for nutrients, occupy space and produce antimicrobial compounds
Symbiotic -
Commensals -
Opportunists -
Symbiotic - Living together
Commensals - inhabit bodies and may benefit normal flora and opportunities
Opportunists - capable of causing disease when given the opportunity
Culture medium?
Broth?
Solid/plate?
Growth?
Culture medium - nutrient source to allow microbes to grow
Broth - liquid at room temp; growth turbidity
Solid/plate - broth + agar (causes media to become solid)
Growth - colonies - visible masses of microbes
Types of media
General-purpose media?
Enrichment media?
Selective media?
Differential media?
incubation?
General-purpose media - grows most types of microbes that do not need special growth factors *Tryptic soy broth and agar
- *Enrichment media** - special growth factors required by some microbes
- *Blood agar blood cells are broken to get nutrients like heme*
- *Selective media** -substances that inhibit some growth and encourage others
- *Sabourauds dextrose agar - encourages yeast and mold*
- *Differential media** - id of microbe based on physical growth differences (what they look like when growing)
- *Blood agar as different patterns of hemolysis can be observed*
TSA - Tryptic soy Agar
SDA - Sabourauds dextrose Agar
BAP - Blood Agar
TSA - Tryptic soy Agar - general purpose
SDA - Sabourauds dextrose Agar - selective media, inhibits the growth of bacteria due to high concentration of dextrose, promotes the growth of fungi
BAP - Blood Agar - enrichment and differential media, contains growth factors for certain microbes and shows differences between different types of microbes
3 types of Microscopy
Light - magnify images of microorganisms
Brightfield - transmits light through the specimen and appears dark on a light background. Used for stained specimens
Phase-contrast - special lens, diaphragms to slightly alter paths of light waves from an object using diffraction pattern that allows viewing of transparent parts. Used for live, unstained specimens
What are the magnifications of the following
Ocular lens?
Objective lens
Scanner?
Low power?
High dry?
Oil immersion?
Condenser lens?
Ocular lens - 15X
Objective lens
Scanner- 4x
Low power - 10x
High dry - 40X
Oil immersion-100x
Condenser lens - no magnification
What is the total magnification for the following
Ocular + scanner?
Ocular + low power?
Ocular + high dry?
Ocular + oil immersion?
Ocular + scanner = 60X
Ocular + low power = 150X
Ocular + high dry = 600X
Ocular + oil immersion = 1500X
Resolution?
Max resolution of light microscope?
Resolution - ability to distinguish objects from one another
Max = 0.2 micrometers
*particle of light must pass between 2 objects.
*a particle of light is 0.2
Magnification?
How does it work?
What cannot be seen with a light microscope?
Magnification - the ability of a microscope to make an object appear bigger
light passed through specimen picking up image - which lens makes bigger.
if under 0.2 light will just go around it
Viruses cannot be seen with light microscope must use Electron microscope
Parfocal?
Working distance?
Parfocal - the image will stay in focus if you go from lower to higher power objective lens
Working distance - the distance between the bottom of the objective lens and the slide
Prokaryotic cells
Classification?
2 types?
Small, single-celled (unicellular)
Lack true nucleus and membrane-bound organelles
Bacteria and Archaea
Eukaryotic cells
Classification?
Larger, single-celled or multicellular
Nucleus and membrane-bound organelles
What are 3 domains?
What are 4 kingdoms?
Domains - Archaea, bacteria, eukarya
Kingdoms - Protista, Fungi, Animalia, Plantae
Kingdom Protista includes?
Protista
Protozoans and algae