LabEx1: TOTAL UP! Flashcards
Gram staining procedures?
- Crystal violet for 1 min (Primary)2.Wash with water 3.iodine for 1 min (Mordant)4. Alcohol 10sec (decolorize)5.wash with water6.Safranin for 30sec (counter stain)7. Wash and blot dry
Spore Stain Procedures?
1.Cover the slide with a blotting paper strip2. flood with malachite green (primary) 60 sec3. put over flame for 4min and do not let it dry, just add more malachite green to keep it soak (mordant)4.remove paper (let slide cool for 1min)5. wash slide with water (decolorizing agent)6.Safranin for 1 min (counter stain)7.wash with water and blot dry
Acid Fast Staining Procedures?
1.cover the slide with a blotting paper strip2. flood with carbolfuschin for 60 sec3. put over flame for 4min and do not let it dry, just add more carbolfuschin to keep it soak (mordant)4.remove paper (let slide cool for 1min)5.Alcohol for 10 sec or until slides is clear (decolorize)6.wash the slide7.methylene blue for 1min (counter stain)8. wash with water and blot dry
Streak plate procedures?
- Draw 4 quadrant on the streak plate2. sterilize the loop3. get 1 loop full from the mixed culture4. streak zigzag from quadrant 1 to 45. sterilize loop for each quadrant but dont loop again for 2 to 46. DO NOT CUT ACROSS NO MORE THAN 2 TIMES
EMB plate procedures
- Draw 4 quadrant on the EMB plate2. sterilize the loop3. get 1 loop full from the mixed culture4. streak zigzag from quadrant 1 to 45. NO NEED TO sterilize loop for each quadrant6. DO NOT CUT ACROSS NO MORE THAN 2 TIMES
Smearing procedures?
- sterilized the slides and loop2. transfer few loopfuls of sterile water3.sterilized the loop again4. carefully loop the bacteria from the tube or plate5.smear the loop of bacteria on the slide with the sterilize water.6.air dry by pass the slide through the flame 2 to 3 times
what is resolution? list the factors that affects resolution.
shorter the wavelength of light used, higher resolution.-white light used in compound microscope limits resolution of structures smaller then 0.2mm
how higher magnification affects resolution? how it can be corrected?
higher magnification inverse relationship to lower resolution.
differentiate between virtual and real image.
the objective lens magnifies the specimen to produce real image that is projected to ocular lens to produce the virtual image.
list 4 points regarding proper use and storage of microscopes.
- use both hands when you carry a microscope to your table.2.plug in the lamp cord into electrical outlet, then turn on the main switch of microscope3. before storing microscope back, replace the low objective lens into working position4. always check before change objective lens to avoid slide breakage.
identify at least 4 differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
prokarytoes:-non membranous-one circular chromosome-divided by binary fission-made of peptidoglycanEukaryotes:-separated from cytoplasm-both membranous & non-membranous-no peptidoglycan-divided by mitosis
what is the biochemical basis of cheek cell staining process, are the cheek cells prokaryotes or eukaryotes?
methylene blue is used to stain animal/human cells to make nuclei more visible under a microscope.-the cheek cell is a eukaryote, because eukaryotic cell contain a nucleus.
Staining:define primary stain
mainly stain all cells
Staining:define mordant
holds the dye down
Staining:define decolorizing
wash of primary stain
Staining:counterstain
color to cells that dont retain the primary stain
describe the principle of gram’s staining process, include the role of each chemical reagent used in the staining process.
To distinquish between two cell wall gram positive and negative.
advantages of the gram’s staining process
advantage:-it’s a relatively rapid and an extremely useful tool-the staining provides suggestive includes during the identification process-it provide valuable information so as to initiate course of antimicrobial treatment
disadvantages of the gram’s staining process
disadvantage:-often, disease causing bacteria, does not have distinct stain characteristic -the stain is not specific enough to diagnose the cause of most infection-some bacterial cells stain poorly or not at all
list 3 precaution for the gram’s stain
1.fixing2.staining3.timing
identify the 2 bacteria’s which characteristically produce spores. name the bacteria you did for that experiment.
1.spore has a thick wall2.is a metabolically inactive structureBacillus anthrasis or Clostridium tetanus
what is 5 features of spores and list spore position inside vegetative cells
- spore begin to isolate DNA replicate2. plasma membrane surround DNA3. spore septum surrounds isolated portion forming forespore4.peptidoglycan layer forms between membrane5.spore coat forms then endospore freed from cell
what are functions of spore?
are reproductive cells that must fuse in pairs in order to give rise to a new individual.
what are differentiate between spore and vegetative cells?
- endospores is form from vegetative cell2.vegetative cell response to environment signals
what is sporulation and germination?
1.sporulation- process of spore formation in a sequential event2.germination - bacterial spore transform into a vegetative cell upon return of favorable conditions by the metabolic process
name 2 bacteria’s which are acid fast positive and the associated disease they cause in humans.
Mycobacterium nocardia>Mycobacterium tuberculosis - causes chronic diseasesMycobacterium leprae - hansen’s diseases
describe the composition of the cell wall that is responsible for the acid fast properties of the cell.
Acid Fast Bacteria are Gram positve, peptidoglycan contain large amout of lipids (mycolic acid).
What is sterile transfer technique?
they incorporate procedures that minimizes chance of other organisms being accidentally introduced.