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Module 3 Flashcards

1
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  • a culture which contains a single species of microorganism
  • a population of cells arising from a single cell
A

Pure Culture (Axenic Culture)

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  • increasing the population of microorganisms by providing
    their nutritional and physical requirements
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Cultivation

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3
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  • extracellular substances which provide the cell with materials for building protoplasm and for energy generation
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Nutrients

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  • any nutrient material for growth and cultivation of microorganisms in the laboratory
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Culture Medium

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Uses of culture medium

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  • for growth and maintenance of microbial cultures
  • to favor the production of particular compounds
  • to study microbial action on some constituents of the medium
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types of culture media according to physical state

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Liquid (Broth) – no solidifying agent
Semi-solid – 0.1 - 0.5% solidifying agent
Solid – 1.5 – 2.0% solidifying agent

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7
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solidifying agent used

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agar or gelatin

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types of culture media according to chemical composition

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synthetic, complex, dehydrated, and compounded

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9
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all components are chemically defined

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Synthetic

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10
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not all components are chemically defined
examples are:
potato infusion (plant origin)
beef extract (animal origin)
yeast extract (microbial origin)

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Complex

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types of culture media according to function, purpose, or application

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General Purpose, Differential , Selective, Enrichment, Assay

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12
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all the components are in one media bottle

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dehydrated

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13
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from separated bottles then combined into one

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compounded

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14
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  • can support most or almost all types of species
    e.g. Nutrient Agar (NA) - for bacteria, Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) - for yeast/mold
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General Purpose

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  • distinguishes one type of bacteria from another
  • with special reagents like pH indicators or dyes
    e.g. Eosin Methylene Blue Agar (EMBA) - kills gram positive bacteria
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Differential

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  • allows the growth of a specific type of microorganism only
  • with selective agents (ex. salts, dyes, antibiotics, etc.)
    e.g. Bacillus Cereus Agar (BCA)
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Selective

17
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  • used to increase the number of microorganisms with unusual physiological characteristics
  • with special nutrients (ex. blood)
    e.g. Blood Agar
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Enrichment

18
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  • used to determine qualitative/ quantitative production of such a compound by an organism
  • of prescribed composition used for assay of vitamins, amino acids and antibiotics
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Assay

19
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types of isolation techniques

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Plating, Enrichment, Serial Dilution, Single-Cell Isolation Technique, Membrane Filter Technique

20
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  • a macroscopically visible (surface or subsurface)
    growth or cluster of microorganisms on a solid medium
A

Colony

21
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types of plating

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streak, spread-plate, pour-plate

22
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  • isolation of specific types of microorganisms by a
    combination of nutrient and physical conditions
  • used for the isolation of unusual physiological types of
    microorganisms which are present in small numbers and
    which grow slowly
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Enrichment Culture

23
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  • used if the desired microorganism is present at a higher level than any other microorganism
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Serial Dilution

24
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  • uses a micropipette or a microprobe to physically pick a
    single cell and transfer it on an agar medium
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Single-Cell Isolation Technique

25
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  • for samples with low population
  • uses a sterile membrane filter having a pore size that retains microorganism
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Membrane Filter Technique

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Steps in Preparing Pure Cultures

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  • Isolation
  • Transfer desired colony to a slant or stab
  • Verify the purity
    • microscope
    • restreak on agar medium
    • physiological and biochemical test
  • Make stock cultures
27
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Culture Preservation Methods

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Periodic transfer to fresh media
Overlaying cultures with mineral oil
Freeze-drying (lyophilization)
Freezing with liquid nitrogen
Drying

28
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considerations for Periodic transfer to fresh media

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  • time interval of transfers
  • proper medium
  • proper storage temperature
29
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aim of Overlaying cultures with mineral oil

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limit the availability of O2 to reduce metabolic rate

30
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Advantages of Overlaying cultures with mineral oil

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  • Simple
  • enables one to remove some growth under the oil and
    inoculate it in a fresh medium and still preserve the initial
    culture
31
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disadvantages of Overlaying cultures with mineral oil

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  • viability of microorganisms varies with species
32
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rapid drying in frozen state

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Freeze-drying (lyophilization)

33
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Advantages of Freeze-drying (lyophilization)

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  • long-term survival
  • less opportunity for changes in the characteristics of culture
  • small storage containers
34
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Considerations of Freezing with liquid nitrogen

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cryoprotective agent (glycerol)
liquid-nitrogen refs

35
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Samples are grown on sterile paper disk saturated with nutrient, then the disks are allowed to air dry and stored aseptically drying temperature = 45oC

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Drying

36
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Limitation of Drying

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for spore- and cyst-formers

37
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steps in drying

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  • Drops of bacterial suspension in gelatin are placed on sterile plastic petri plates and dried off over phosphorus pentoxide under vacuum
  • Bacteria in small ampoules are dried from liquid state using vacuum pump, desiccant, and water bath
  • Organisms are dried over calcium chloride in vacuum and stored in the ref
38
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  • organizations which maintain authentic pure cultures of
    microorganisms
  • provide ‘type’ strains to microbiologists throughout the
    world
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Culture Collections

39
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examples of Culture Collections

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American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) in (Maryland)
National Collection of Type Cultures (NCTC) in (London)
Japan Collection of Microorganisms
Philippine National Collection of Microorganisms

MCB 11 LEC (6 decks)

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