micro para lab Flashcards
Culture media
Food material or substances required for growing microorganisms in vitro
Artificial soil that contains nutrional and environmental requirements
Basic requirement of culture media
Water
Energy source
Carbon source
Nitrogen source
Salts
pH
Adequate oxidation
Growth factors
Chemotrophs
Organisms that obtain energy from chemical compounds
Chemoheterotrophs
Obtain energy from organic compounds
Most animals, fungi, and many bacteria
Chemoautotrophs
Obtain energy from inorganic compounds
Phototrophs
organisms that uses light for energy
photoautotrophs
convert carbon dioxide into organic compounds
photoheterotrophs
require organic compounds for carbon
Linotrophs
organisms that require specific nutrients
Organotrophs
utilize carbon sources like carbohydrates, lipids and proteins
Culture Media Based on Physical State
- a- solid medium
- b- semi-solid medium
- c- liquid medium
Culture Media Based on the presence and absence of Oxygen
- a- anaerobic media
- b- aerobic media
Culture Media based on Nutritional Factors
- a- simple medium
- b- complex medium
- c- synthetic medium
- d- special medium
Solid medium
Agar is the most commonly used solidifying agent
-golden - yellow granular powder
- prepared from seaweeds
- not affected by the growth of the bacteria
- melts at 98degC & sets at 42degC
Semi-Solid Media
Lower agar concentration→0.2 - 0.5 %
Such media are soft and are useful in demonstrating bacterial motility and separating motile from non-motile strain
Useful in cultivation of microaerophilic bacteria
Hugh and Leifson’s oxidation fermentation medium
Stuart’s and Amies media
Mannitol motility media
Liquid Media
- referred as broth
- bacteria grow uniformly producing general turbidity
- Nutrient Broth
- Peptone Solution
Anaerobic Media
-cultivates anaerobic bacteria at low oxygen, reducing oxidation-reduction potential
-contains extra nutrients (Vit. K, Hemin, O2 that get reduced by physical or chemical processes
Robertson’s Cooked Meat Medium
Thioglycolate Broth Medium
Aerobic Media
-easy to cultivate microbes on solid media
-keeping cultures in incubator
liquid media, solid media
peptone water (1% peptone + 0.5% NaCl + 100mL water)
Nutrient Agar = Nutrient Broth + 2% agar
Candle Jar
- a container into which a lit candle is introduced before sealing the container’s airtight lid
- suitable for microaerophile (capnophiles) microorganisms that requires oxygen to survive, but requires environments containing lower levels of oxygen than are present in the atmosphere (20% concentration)
Simple Media
- general purpose media that supports growth of non-fastidious microbes
- primary used for isolation of microorganisms
- Nutrient Broth, Nutrient Agar
- NB consists of peptone, meat extract, NaCl
- NB + 2% agar = Nutrient Agar
- Nutrient Broth, Nutrient Agar
Complex Media
Blood Agar has ingredients that exact components are difficult to estimate
Synthetic Media or Defined Media
specially prepared media from pure chemical substances for research purposes and composition of every component is well known
peptone water→1% peptone + 0.5% NaCl in Water
Special Media
- Enrich Media
- Selective Media
- Differential Media
- Transport Media
Enrich Media (EM)
- substances like blood, serum, egg are added to the simple medium
- used to grow bacteria that are exacting in their nutritional needs
- Fastidious Microorganisms (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)
Enrich Media
Blood Agar Plate (BAP)
contains mammalian blood (usually sheep or horse) typically at a concentration of 5-10%
used to isolate fastidious organisms and detect hemolysis