microbial inves

Question 1

What are the six I’s of microbiology

Answer 1

1. Inoculation
2. Incubation
3. Isolation
4. Inspection
5. Information Gathering
6. Identification

Question 2

first stage in culturing; promotes multiplication and produce the actual culture

Answer 2

inoculation

Question 3

exposing the inoculated medium to optimal growth conditions, generally for a few hours to days

Answer 3

incubation

Question 4

separating individual colonies and achieving isolated colonies that can be readily distinguished from one another macroscopically

Answer 4

isolation

Question 5

analyze the initial characteristics of microbes like appearance of growth, appearance of cells

Answer 5

inspection

Question 6

generates the overall profile of the microbes; Testing of cultures using
procedures that analyze biochemical and enzyme characteristics, immunologic

reactions, drug sensitivity,
and genetic makeup.

Answer 6

information gathering

Question 7

analysis of collected data

Answer 7

identification