Lab Practical #2 Flashcards

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Fluid Thioglycollate Media Broths

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FTM; medium used for both aerobic and anaerobic organisms

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GasPak Anaerobic Jar

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Provides an oxygen-free incubation environment for petri plates of anaerobic agar; hydrogen is generated, which removes the oxygen from forming water

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Brewers Anaerobic Agar

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A solid medium excellent from culturing anaerobic bacteria in petri plates; contains thioglycollate (reducing agent) and resazurin (oxidation/reduction indicator); must be incubated in an oxygen-free environment

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Resazurin

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An indicator for oxygen:
- O2 present: pink/lavender
O2 not present: clear/yellow

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Obligate Aerobes

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Bacteria that require oxygen for growth because they carry out respiratory metabolism in which oxygen functions as a terminal electron acceptor; at the top in FTM

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Microphiles

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Bacteria that prefer to grow in oxygen concentrations of 5-10%; limited in their ability to carry out respiration or because they may have oxygen-sensitive proteins and enzymes; band in the middle in FTM

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Facultative Anaerobes

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Bacteria that can grow aerobically or anaerobically depending on the culturing conditions; respiration in the presence of oxygen, fermentation if absent; scattered throughout in FTM

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Obligate Anaerobes

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Bacteria that cannot tolerate oxygen and must be cultivated under conditions in which oxygen is removed, otherwise they are killed; carry out anaerobic respiration, in which inorganic compounds such as sulfate or nitrates replace oxygen as the terminal electron acceptor; at the bottom in FTM

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Psychrophiles

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Bacteria with an optimal growth temperature between -5 and 20 degrees C

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Mesophiles

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Bacteria with an optimal growth temperature between 20 and 50 degrees C; most bacteria fall into this class

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Thermophiles

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Bacteria with an optimal growth temperature between 50 and 80 degrees C

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Hyperthermophiles

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Bacteria with an optimal growth temperature above 80 degrees C

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Halophiles

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Bacteria that require high concentrations of sodium chloride to grow

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Halotolerant

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Bacteria that are capable of growth in moderate concentrations of salt

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Osmophiles

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Bacteria that are able to grow in environments where sugar concentrations are excessive

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Fermentation Experiment

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Experiment that helps determine if bacteria can ferment a certain type of sugar (glucose, lactose, mannitol) and if these fermentation reactions produce gas as a product (bubble is present in Durham tube); positive turns yellow

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MR(acid)-VP(alcohol) Experiment

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Two experiments in one broth; determines if bacteria produce acids of many varieties during fermentation that strongly influence the ph of the broth or produce alcohols that do not influence the pH; bacteria cannot carry out both types of reactions; positive for acid turns red, for alcohol turns pink

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Catalase Production Experiment

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Experiment that determines if the bacteria produces an enzyme capable of detoxifying hydrogen peroxide; if a few drops of hydrogen peroxide along a colony exhibits an immediate bubbling (a release of oxygen gas with in 10 seconds), then test is positive

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Citrate Utilization Experiment

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Experiment that determines if bacteria have the enzyme citrase to convert citrate to pyruvate, which can then be used in fermentation; Simmons agar slant will turn from green to blue

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Hydrolysis

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Bacteria using enzymes to do catabolic chemical reactions

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Starch Hydrolysis Experiment

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Experiment to determine if bacteria have the enzyme amylase that breaks down starch to sugar; flood starch agar plate with Gram’s Iodine, which will cause starch to turn blue or a dark color; if there is a “zone of clearing” (lighter coloration) around the colony then test is positive

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Urea Hydrolysis

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Experiment to determine if bacteria have enzyme urease to break down urea into ammonia; broth contains phenol red indicators, which turn the broth red or slighly purplish (pH driven above 8) in a positive test

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Tryptophan Hydrolysis

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Experiment to determines if bacteria have the enzyme tryptophanase to break down the amino acid tryptophan into indole and pyruvate; tubes cannot be shaken; 10-12 drops of Indole reagent added, if red layer forms at the top of the tube where indole collects, then it is present (positive test)

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Kliger’s Iron Agar

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Experiment that determines if bacteria are capable of conduction acidic fermentation with glucose and lactose, and if they produce hydrogen sulfide gas from the amino acid cysteine; inoculate deep media using needle (not loop)

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Possible Results of Kliger's Iron Agar
- If the bottom of the tube turns yellow, but the top of the tube remains reddish, then glucose was used during fermentation; solid media will be split apart if gas was produced - If the entire tube turns yellow, then the organism uses both glucose and lactose during acidic fermentation; solid media will be split apart if gas was produced - If the bacteria can degrade the amino acid cysteine into pyruvic acid, then the hydrogen sulfide will have a dark (black) percipitate
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Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology
A large volume of books that are the most used comprehensive guide to identifying unknown bacteria; contains a massive amount of information (gram reaction, motility, endospore producers, presence of capsules, etc.) pertaining to many species and varieties of bacteria
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Dichotomous Key
Always has two answers for each question asked
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Diagnostic Key
Simple tests used to determine the identity of an unknown bacteria; dichotomous key
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Thermal Death Point (TDP)
Temperature required to destroy a population of bacteria in 10 minutes
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Thermal Death Time (TDT)
Time required to destroy a population of bacteria at a specific temperature