Quiz 2 Flashcards
Trismus
Inability to open mouth fully
Aerobic
Living and growing int the presence of oxygen
Anaerobic
Growing best with the absence of oxygen
Sequelae
Morbid complication that follows a disease
Colony
Macroscopic cluster of cells appearing on a solid media each arising form the multiplication of a single cell
What is the difference between a pure culture and a mixed culture?
Pure culture contains microbial species while a mixed contains multiple
How can a pure or mixed culture become contaminated? How can this be prevented?
If your loop touches something else
- Improper sterilization or airborne contaminates
- Prevent by proper aseptic techniques
What is the importance of generating isolated bacterial colonies?
Is is the only way to obtain a PURE culture to see what microbial effects the organism has
Subculture
A second-generation culture from a well established colony of organisms
Cellular morphology
Shape (rod, spirilla)
Colonial morphology
Configurations, margins, elevation
Configuration
Margin
Elevation
- Entire colony
- Colony Edge
- Look from the side
Morphology
Study of organismic structure
Arrangement
The manner in which bacterial cells associate with one another
Pleomorphism
Normal variability of cell shapes in a single species