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1
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what is the most common way to isolate a pure colony

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streak plate

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2
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What does indirect ELISA detect

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Antibodies

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3
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what does direct elisa detect

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antigens

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4
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bacteriophage

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virus that only affects bacteria

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5
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What is agar

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Media/food
the stuff on the plate to grow the bacteria

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6
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what is the purpose of resolving powder

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allows you to see two different things as two different things

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7
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what is the structure of a gram positive bacteria

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cell wall
thick peptidoglycan layer

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8
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what is the structure of a gram negative bacteria

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Has 2 cell walls
thin peptidoglycan layer

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9
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what are the three ways to grow the bacteria

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streak plate
pour plate
spread plate

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10
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How does a spread plate work

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take a sample and dilute it into a bunch of different concentrations to eventually get a countable number

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11
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what was the first technique invented to isolate a pure colony

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pour plate

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12
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How does a pour plate work

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put a bit of sample in dish (blood)
add media
mix it
incubate it

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13
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what are two issues with the pour plate technique

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Temperature can either be too hot/cold and damage bacteria or not be good enough to pour
bacteria can get stuck in media

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14
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what is the reason to heat fix when staining

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denatures the proteins
allows bacteria to stick to sides as opposed to getting washed away

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15
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what two substances bind strongly to the peptidoglycan layer

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crystal violet and iodine

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16
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what colour does the bacteria turn when the iodine and crystal violet binds with the peptidoglycan layer

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purple

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17
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what happens if you heat fix too much

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you just get a blob

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18
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why do we flood with pink dye

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the gram negative would be invisible under a microscope otherwise

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19
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what colour is gram positive after staining

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purple

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20
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What colour is gram negative after staining

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pink

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21
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what kind of bacteria goes colourless after being washed with ethanol

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gram negative

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22
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why does the gram negative look colourless after being washed w ethanol

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ethanol will wash away the outer cell wall and peptidoglycan layer, which was what was stained

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23
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why does the gram positive not go colourless

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the ethanol will only wash off part of the cell wall

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24
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does gram positive or gram negative have a thicker peptidoglycan layer

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gram positive

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25
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if you have a thick peptidoglycan layer, how many cell walls do you have

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1, you “sacrifice” a cell wall for a thicker peptidoglycan layer

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26
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what are the four types of media

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chemically defined
chemically undefined
macconkey
selective differential

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27
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what is a chemically defined media

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you can control every ingredient (quantities etc), could be made of glucose, sugar etc

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28
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what is a chemically undefined media

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you cannot control every ingredient; exact amounts and kinds of nutrients are not known

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29
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what is a macconkey media

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Selective differential media that inhibits gram positive and shows lactose fermentation

30
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what is a selective differential media

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will inhibit one big group of bacteria, and allow a different group, but allows to differentiate between parts of that group

31
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what is fluorescence microscopy

A

tag antibodies with dyes that fluoresces at a specific wavelength

32
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what is electron microscopy

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you use an electron beam instead of light

33
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how many types of electron microscopy are there

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two
scanning electron microscopy
transmission electron microscopy

34
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how do you use TEM

A

Stain with heavy metals

35
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how do you use SEM

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take a 3d image of cell surface

36
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does gram positive have endotoxins

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no, only gram negative can have endotoxins

37
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how often does bacteria divide

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every twenty minutes or so

38
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what is morphology

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the study of the size, shape, and structure of animals, plants, and microorganisms and of the relationships of their constituent parts

39
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what kind of surface to volume ratio does bacteria have

A

a higher one

40
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does bacteria have a high or low metabolism

A

higher

41
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what are the six sizes and shapes of bacteria

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rod shaped - single cells
diplococci - single plane, two cells
chain - divides in one plane, stays attached
tetrads - cocci divides at right angle to first plane of division
division in 3 planes - grapes
cubical packets of 8 cells - sacrinae

42
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what percent of agar is used in solid media

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1.5

43
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what is enrichment media

A

you increase number of specific bacteria in a sample by favoring growth of that bacteria

44
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what is tissue culture media used for

A

cultivating viruses

45
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what is tissue culture media derived from

A

plant or animal cells

46
Q

what are the two media requirements for yeast

A

high sugar
low pH

47
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what is the media requirement for anaerobes

A

no oxygen

48
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selective media

A

enhance growth/suppression of one bacterial species

49
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differential media

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differentiate bacteria based on their
nutritional requirements and phenotypic characteristics

50
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what colour does lactose fermentation turn in macConkey media

A

pink

51
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what kind of “temp species” are the majority of bacterial pathogens

A

mesophiles

52
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what two kinds of bacteria can grow at refrigeration temps

A

psychrophiles and psychrotrophs

53
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what is the ideal temp for mesophiles

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25-40
37 degrees (the real ideal)
human body temp

54
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what is a thermophiles ideal temp

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40-85 degrees

55
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describe where you would find obligate aerobes in a test tube

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top; closest to oxygen source

56
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describe where you would find facultative aerobes in a test tube

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mainly at the top, closest to oxygen source, some trickled throughout

57
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describe where you would find obligate anaerobes in a test tube

A

at the bottom; furthest from oxygen source

58
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describe where you would find aerotolerant anaerobes in a test tube

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sprinkled throughout, they don’t really give a shit lol

59
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describe where you would find microaerophiles in a test tube

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all clumped together in the section with the ideal amount of oxygen, not top, not bottom, closer to middle

60
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what pH is growth mainly observed at

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4-9

61
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what pH is optimal for growth

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6-8

62
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what does the intracellular pH must be for growth

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approx 7.5

63
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What two things in maccokey media inhibit gram positives

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Bile salts
Crystal violet

64
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What is used to detect lactose fermentation in macconkey media

A

Neutral red dye

65
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What does it mean for something to be lyophilized

A

Freeze dried

66
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What is another word for freeze dried

A

Lyophilized

67
Q

What are the two most common types of acid fast organisms

A

Mycobacterium
Nocardia

68
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What are the two most common types of endospore organisms

A

Bacillius
Clostridium

69
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Name two types of stains that help to classify and identify

A

Gram stain
Acid fast stain

70
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Name two types of stains that identify how an organism behaves in an environment

A

Endospore
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