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negative stain appearance

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colorless on dark background

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negative dyes

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india ink, congo red, nigrosin

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part of cell most involved in gram staining

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peptidoglycan layer

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The Gram stain is a type of _________ stain because _______is/are used in the procedure.

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differential, multiple dyes

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You are preparing a sample to be gram-stained. You have a tube of mixed bacteria, a loop, slides, staining rack, dyes, and a bacticinerator. What’s your next step?

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heat fix sample to slide

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how can a sample become contaminated?

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lack of aseptic technique, leaving tube open for too long, not properly heating inoculation tools

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sign of bacterial growth in liquid media

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turbidity (cloudiness)

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colony characteristics

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  • derived from one cell
  • visible to naked eye
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fermentation possible end products

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gas, alcohol, acid

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10
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fermentation type of tube

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phenol red durham tube

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fermentation inoculation tool

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loop for bacteria, needle for yeast

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fermentation: yellow color

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acid production
- lower pH

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13
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fermentation: bubbles

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gas production

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fermentation: red color

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alcohol production

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15
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triple sugar iron inoculation tool and technique

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needle
streak surface, stab butt

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16
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tsi slant makeup

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1% lactose
1% sucrose
0.1% glucose

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tsi: yellow butt, red slant

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glucose only fermented

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tsi: whole tube yellow

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glucose and lactose/sucrose fermented

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19
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tsi: black

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H2S production

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tsi: whole tube red

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no fermentation

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tsi: splitting or lifting

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gas production

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starch hydrolysis: media type

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enriched differential

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starch hydrolysis: how to observe

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after incubation, add 10-15 drops gram’s iodine to plate
whole plate will be dark, zones of lighter color around line indicate a-amylase production

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broth to slant tool and technique

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loop: dip in broth, streak in zig-zag pattern across slant

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broth to broth tool and technique
loop: dip and dip
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slant to slant tool and technique
needle: take from top, streak slant with needle
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broth to deep tool and technique
needle: dip, stab into deep
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sign of bacterial growth in deep
growth along stab line
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sign of bacterial growth in slant
zig-zag growth pattern
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spread plate: dilution
take loopful of bacteria and place into sterile saline, mix well
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spread plate: spread technique
take 0.1 mL of saline mix and spread onto TSA plate using flamed hockey stick
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streak plate: 4 types of media used
blood agar mannitol salt agar MacConkey agar EMB agar
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streak plate: mixture and tool used
mix of s.aureus, e.coli, p.vulgaris spread with loop
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streak plate: mannitol salt agar colony
s. aureus: circular, flat, white selected for on this agar bc it is mannitol +
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streak plate: blood agar colony
- small white dots, no distinction between species
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streak plate: EMB agar colony
metallic, green growth (e.coli in this mixture) gram - bacteria
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streak plate: macconkey agar
pink growthg gram - lactose fermenters
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kirby-bauer method: negative control
water
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kirby-bauer method: positive control
10% bleach
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kirby-bauer method: resistance measurement
zones of inhibition: larger zone = greater resistance
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IMViC: reaction
tryptophan --tryptophanase--> indole + pyruvate ammonia
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IMViC: dry slide
- tests for indole production - positive is red
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IMViC: methyl red/voges-proskauer media and inoculation
MR-VP broth inoculated with looop
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IMViC: MR-VP transfer
take 1/3 of growth culture into empty sterile tube for VP test, leave 2/3 for MR
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MR test method and results
add 4-5 drops of methyl red into tube red is positive for acid production mixed acid fermenters
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IMViC: SIM deep method and results
stab with needle observe for H2S, indole, and motility H2S = black indole = red motility = cloudiness
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VP test method and results
add 12 drops VP reagent A, 4 drops VP reagent B and vortex red: acetoin positive yellow: acetoin negative
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citrate test: method and results
streak and stab with needle green = citrate - blue = citrate +
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casein hydrolysis: plate preparation
mix agar with skim milk and let solidify
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casein hydrolysis: inoculation
use loop to draw circle in each triad
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casein hydrolysis: analysis
measure zones of proteolysis
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catalase activity: method
use a sterile cotton swab to place bacteria on glass slide add 1-2 drops H2O2 to slide and watch for bubbles (O2 production)
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what does VP test for?
glucose fermenters: produce 2,3-butanediol and acetoin
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In the streak plate method, which quadrant should contain the most bacterial growth?
quadrant 1
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fermentation
- biochemical rxn that produces energy under anaerobic conditions - organic molecules = electron donors - organic intermediates = electron acceptors
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durham tube
traps gas
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The TSI test must be incubated for a specific time period of
18-24 hours
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casein hydrolysis: positive results
bacteria that secrete proteolytic enzymes
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The enzyme catalase catalyzes the decomposition of __________ to ________ and _______.
h2o2; h2o; o2
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bacteria can convert NO3 into
NO2, N2, NH3
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Nitrate reagents A and B detect the presence of
NO2
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Upon the addition of nitrate reagent C, the control tube should turn
red

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