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Microbiology: Tools of the Laboratory Chapter 3 Flashcards

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Magnification

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ability to enlarge objects

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Resolving Power

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ability to show detail

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Total magnification

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of the final image is a product of the separate magnifying powers of the two lenses.

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Bight-Field

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most wisely used; specimen is darker than surrounding field; used for live and preserved stained specimens.

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Dark-Field

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Brightly illuminated specimens surrounded by dark field; used for live and unstained specimens.

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The ability to distinguish between two separate adjacent objects is

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resolution

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Phase-Contrast

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transforms subtle changes in light waves passing through the specimen into differences in light intensity, best for observing intracellular structures.

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Transmission Electron Microscope

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Transmit electron through the specimen. Darker areas represent thicker, denser parts and lighter areas indicate more transparent, less dense parts.

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Scanning Electron Microscope

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Provide details three-dimensional view. SEM bombards surface of a whole, metal-coated specimen with electrons while scanning back and forth over it.

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Wet Mounts

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allow examination of characteristics of live cells: size, motility, shape, and arrangement.

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Fixed Mounts

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are made by drying and heating a film of specimen.

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Basic Dyes

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Cationic, positively charged chromophere.

Such as; Methylene blue, brilliant green, and Safranin

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Positive Staining

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Surfaces of microbes are negatively charged and attract basic dyes

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Acidic Dyes

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Anionic, negatively charges chromophore.

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Negative Staining

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microbe repels dye, the dye stains the background.

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Simple Stains

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One dye is used; reveals shape, size, and arrangement.

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Differential Stains

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use a primary stain and a counterstain to distinguish cell types or parts.
Such as; gram stain, acid-fast stain, and endospore stain.

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Structural Stains

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Reveal certain cell parts not revealed by conventional methods: capsule and flagellar stains.

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What microscope is capable of getting an image of a Rotavirus?

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Transmission Electron microscope.

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20
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What are the 6 I’s of Culturing Microbes?

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inoculation
isolation
incubation
inspection
information gathering
identification
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21
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what does a Colony consist of?

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one species

22
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What are three isolation techniques?

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streak plate
pour plate
Spread plate

23
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Pure culture means?

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a single species growing in a container

24
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Mixed culture means?

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Multiple species growing in a container

25
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Contaminates are?

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unknown or unwanted microbes in culture

26
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what are some ways to identify a microbe?

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cell and colony morphology or staining
DNS sequence
Biochemical testing
Immunological testing

27
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What is a steak plate used for?

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isolation

28
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What is a pour plate used for?

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isolation and numeration

29
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what is a spread plate used for?

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isolation and numeration

30
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What are the three types of media?

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Physical
chemical composition
functional type

31
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what are three states of physical media?

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Solid
semisolid
liquid

32
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what % of Agar is in a solid media?

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1.5%

33
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what percent of agar is in a Semisolid media?

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.35%

34
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Hemolysis

A

cutting or breaking down of cells

35
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Describe alpha hemolysis.

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greening, partial lysis of Red Blood cell

36
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describe Beta hemolysis

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complete lysis of the red blood cell

37
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describe gamma hemolysis

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no lysis of the red blood cell

38
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Describe Synthetic chemical Media.

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contains pure organic and inorganic compounds in an exact chemical formula.

39
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Describe Complex chemical media.

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contains at least one ingredient that is not chemically definable

40
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describe general Purpose media.

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Grows a broad range of microbes, usually nonsynthetic

41
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describe enriched chemical media

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contains complex organic substances such as blood, serum, hemoglobin, or special growth factors required by fastidious microbes.

42
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Nutrient Broth

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Liquid medium containing beef extract and peptone

43
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nutrient agar

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solid media containing beef extract, peptone, and agar.

44
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Selective Media

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contains one or more agents that inhibit growth of some microbes and encourage growth of the desired microbes.

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Differential Media

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Allows growth of several types of microbes and displays visible differences among those microbes.

46
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Reducing medium

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contains a substance that absorbs oxygen or slows penetration of oxygen into medium; used for growing anaerobic bacteria.

47
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Facultative Anaerobe

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Doesn’t care if it has oxygen to grow or not.

47
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carbohydrate Fermentation Medium

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contains sugars that can be fermented, converted to acids, and a pH indicator to show this reaction.

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Anaerobe

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Doesn’t like oxygen to grow

49
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Aerobic

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Likes oxygen to grow.

50
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Strict aerobe

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Must have oxygen to grow

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