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Microscopy, Staining, And Classification Flashcards

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What were the old five basic kingdoms?

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Animalia, plantae, fungi, protista, prokaryotae

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What is the proper way to write binomial nomenclature?

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Genus’ first letter capitalized and everything italicized (species too)

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Who proposed the three domains of eukarya, bacteria, and archae by comparing nucleotide sequences of rRNA subunits?

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Carl Woese

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What are the new divisions of the eukarya domain?

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Animals, plants, fungi, protozoans, algae

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What is resolution?

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The shortest distance between two points on a specimen that can still be distinguished by the observer as separate entities

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What is contrast?

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Differences in intensity between two objects or between an object and background

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What is contrast important for?

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Determining resolution

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What process in microbiology is important for increasing contrast?

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Staining

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Using stains and dyes in microbiology, what two concepts are enhanced?

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Resolution and contrast

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What is the name of the purple simple stain?

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Crystal violet

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What is the name of the magenta simple stain?

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Safranin

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What is the name of the blue simple stain?

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Methylene blue

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What is the name of the green simple stain?

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Malachite green

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What is the name of the red simple stain?

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Carbol fuchsin

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What is the name of the purple and magenta differential stains?

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Gram stain

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What is the name of the red and blue differential stain?

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Acid-fast stain

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What is the name of the green and magenta differential stain?

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Endospore stain

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What is the result of a gram stain?

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Purple gram + cells and magenta gram - cells

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What type of bacteria is referred to as “acid-fast bacteria”?

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Mycobacteria

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What are the results of the acid-fast stain?

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Red acid-fast cells and blue non-acid-fast cells

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What would happen if you did a gram stain on mycobacteria?

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Nothing would show up

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Are human cells and tissues acid-fast cells?

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Noooooooo

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What are the results of the endospore stain?

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Green endospores and magenta vegetative cells

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What are dichotomous keys?

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A series of paired statements that enable a choice to be made about two things to determine what organism is present

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What type of disease is necrotizing fasciitis?

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Emerging

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What is another name for necrotizing fasciitis?

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Flesh-eating disease

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What is the most common cause of necrotizing fasciitis?

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Streptococcus pyogenes (gram + bacteria)

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