The Microscope and Basic Laboratory Equipment Flashcards
An optical instrument that is used to observe objects that are too small to be observed by the naked eye
Microscope
Containing only one magnifying lens.
Simple Microscope
Contains more than one magnifying lens.
Compound Microscope
Commonly _________ (two eyepieces), the compound light microscope combines the power of lenses and light to enlarge the subject being viewed.
binocular
Rarely used in microbiology (x40)
SCANNING POWER OBJECTIVE (SPO)
Presence of Mammalian cells such as epithelial and white blood cells (x100)
LOW POWER OBJECTIVE (LPO)
Fungi, algae and protozoa (x400)
HIGH DRY OBJECTIVE/ HIGH POWER OBJECTIVE (HPO)
Bacteria (x1000)
OIL IMMERSION OBJECTIVE(OIO)
is capable of producing images 1 nanometer in size.
Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)
is a powerful microscope available and used today, allowing researchers to view a specimen at nanometer size.
Electron Microscope
they produce high-resolution, sharp, black and white 3D images
Scanning Electron Microscope(SEM)
- without any trace of agar or solidifying substances
Liquid-
contains 0.5- 1.5% of agar
Semi solid
contains 2- 3% of agar.
Solid
exact chemical composition of the ingredients is known (e.g. commercially prepared culture media)
Synthetic
- precise composition of some or all of the nutritive substances used is not known
Nonsynthetic
contains living tissue (e.g. embryonated eggs for viruses)
Tissue culture media
distributed in sterile petri dishes
Plated
distributed in sterile test tubes
Tubed
- distinguish one group of microorganism from another
Differential Stains-
used to separate bacteria into two major groups, Gram- positive & Gram- negative; most widely used
Gram stain
used to detect members of the genus Mycobacterium
Acid- fast stain
stain specific structures inside and out of a cell
Special Stains-
exploit the fact that viscous capsules do not readily take up certain stains; capsules stand out against a stained background; an example of a negative stain
Capsule Stains-
Endospores stain - stains endospores, a type of ___________ that does not readily take up stains; produced by ________ and __________ species.
dormant cell
Bacillus
Clostridium
adheres to and coats the otherwise thin flagella, enabling them to be seen with the light microscope
Flagella Stain
Example of a synthetic culture media
Commercially prepared culture media
Each optical instrument has a limit as to what can be seen, this limit is referred to as
resolving power/resolution
A _________ is any material containing necessary nutritional the and environmental requirements for bacterial growth.
culture medium
Examples of solid culture media
• Potato Dextrose agar
• nutrient again
• blood agar
Example of non-synthetic cintuia
Meat extract broth
Example of tissue culture media
Embryonated eggs for viruses
Growth of
- chemoautotrophs
- photo autotrophs
- microbiological assays
Chemically defined
Growth of most chemoheterotrophic organisms
Complex
Growth of obligate anaerobes
Reducing
Suppression of unwanted microbes, encouraging desired microbes
Selective
Differentiation of colonies of desired microbes from others
Differential
Similar to selective media designed to increase numbers of desired microbes to detectable levels
Enrichment
For visualization of morphological shape & arrangement
Simple staining
Use of two contrasting stains separated by a decolorizing agent
Differential staining
type of staining to recognize the presence of spore in bacterial vegetative cell
Spore stain
thin film of organisms on the slide
Smear
slide is gently heated by passing the slide, smear up, through the flame of a Bunsen burner
Heat fixation
He developed differential stain
Hans Christian Gram