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1
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Two main categories of Growth Requirements

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Physical and Chemical

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2
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Cold loving microbes

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Psychrophiles

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3
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Lowest temperature at which species will grow

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Minimum Growth Temperature

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4
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Moderate temperature loving microbes

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Mesophiles

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5
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Heat loving microbes

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Thermophiles

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6
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More common than psychrophiles; optimum growth temperature at 20-30°C

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Psychotrophs

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7
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Bacteria growing near neutral pH 6.5-7.5

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Neutrophiles

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8
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Bacteria tolerant of acidity;thrives on pH 1-5

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Acidophiles

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9
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Process of contraction or shrinkahe of protoplasm and causes cell water loss

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Plasmolysis

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10
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Requires high salt concentration for growth

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Obligate Halophiles

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11
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Do not require high salt concentration, but are able to grow at salt concentration higher than normal e.g. 2%—a concentration that inhibits the growth of many other organisms

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Facultative Halophiles

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12
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Half the dry weight of cell

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Carbon

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13
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14% and 4% of the total dry weight

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Nitrogen and Phosphorus respectively

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14
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Gets most of their carbon source from their energy sources

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Chemoheterotrophs

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15
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Structural backbone of all living matter

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Carbon

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16
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Essential for the synthesis of nucleic acids

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Phosphorus

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17
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Microbes that use molecular Oxygen (O2)

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Aerobes

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18
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Organisms that require oxygen to live

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Obligate Aerobes

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19
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Aerobic bacteria that has developed the ability to continue growing in the absence of oxygen

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Facultative aerobes

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20
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A toxic form of Oxygen that is a normal molecular Oxygen boosted into a higher energy state

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Singlet Oxygen

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21
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Superoxide anions; formed in small amounts during normal respiration

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Superoxide radicals

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22
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Are bacteria unable to use molecular Oxygen for energy-yielding reaction

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Anaerobes

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23
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Fermentative anaerobes; cannot use oxygen for growth

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Aerotoleranr anaerobes

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24
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used to synthesize sulfur-containing amino acids and vitamins such as thiamine and biotin.

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Sulfur

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25
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are complex polymer containing many times its dry weight in water.

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Hydrogels

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26
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thin slimy layer encasing baceria

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Biofilms

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27
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ability of bacteria to communicate and coordinate behavior

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Quorum sensing

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28
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nutrient material prepared for the growth of microorganisms in a laboratory

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Culture medium

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29
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Microbes introduced into a culture medium to initiate growth.

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Inoculum

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30
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microbes that grow and multiply in or on a culture medium

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culture

31
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type of culture medium whose exact chemical composition is known.

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Chemically-defined media

32
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A complex polysaccharide; used as solidifying agent for culture media in petri dishes, slants, and deeps

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Agar

33
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Usually reserved for laboratory experimental work, or for the growth of autotrophic bacteria.

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Complex Media

34
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shorter chains of amino acids

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peptones

35
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complex medium in liquid form

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nutrient broth

36
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type of growth media used to avoid anaerobes’ exposure to oxygen

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reducing media/Special media

37
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chemically combines with dissolved oxygen and deplete oxygen in the culture medium

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Sodium thioglycolate

38
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Aerobic Bacteria; grow better at high-CO2 concentrations

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Capnophiles

39
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additives suppress unwanted microbes and encourage desired microbes

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Selective Medium

40
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changed in a recognizable manner by some bacteria; Makes it easy to distinguish colonies of Different microbes

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Differential Medium

41
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Similar to selective media, but designed to increase the numbers of desired microbes to detectable levels. Encourages growth of the desired microbe

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Enrichment Culture

42
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culture containing only one species or strain

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Pure culture

43
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can be used for the short-term storage of bacterial cultures

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Refrigeration

44
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rapid cooling of pure culture in suspension liquid

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Deep freezing

45
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Freeze drying

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Lyophilization

46
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bacteria normally reproduce through

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Binary Fission

47
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time required for a cell to divide

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generation time

48
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Phase of Growth; period of little or no cell division.

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The Lag

49
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The phase of Growth; Cellular reproduction is most active during this period

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The log

50
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the growth rate slows as the bacteria approach the carrying capacity,

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Stationary

51
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the number of death exceeds the number of new cells formed

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death phase

52
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The most frequently used method of measuring bacterial populations

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Plate counts

53
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Method of choice for low counts

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Filtration

54
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statistical estimating technique is based on the fact that the greater the number of bacteria in a sample, the more dilution is needed to reduce the density to the point at which no bacteria are left to grow in the tubes in a dilution series.

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Most probable number (MPN)

55
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Microbes in a measured volume of a bacterial suspension are counted with the use of a specially designed slide (Petroff-Hausser Cell counter).

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Direct Microscopic count

56
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Microbial contamination

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Sepsis

57
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Absence of significant contamination

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Asepsis

58
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Acquired during the process of receiving healthcare

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Nosocomial

59
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Expected to destroy pathogens but do not achieve sterility

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Antimicrobial chemicals

60
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Antimicrobial chemical used on objects

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Disinfectant

61
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Antimicrobial chemicals used in living tissue

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Antiseptic

62
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Removal of all microbial life

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Sterilization

63
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Mechanical removal of microbes

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Degerming

64
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Reduces microbes to safe public health levels

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Sanitization

65
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Inhibits bacterial reproduction

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Bacteriostatic

66
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Kills bacteria

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Bactericidal

67
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Factors affecting the effectiveness of antimicrobial treatments

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Number of microbes
Environmental influences
Time of exposure
Microbial Characteristics

68
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lowest temperature at which all the microorganisms in a particular liquid suspension will be killed in 10 minutes

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Thermal Death Point (TDP)

69
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minimal length time for all bacteria in a particular liquid culture to be killed at a given temperature

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Thermal Death Time (TDT)

70
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D-value; is the time, in minutes, in which 90% of a population of bacteria at a given temperature.

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Decimal reduction time (DRT)

71
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kills microorganisms primarily by coagulating proteins (denaturation)

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Moist Heat sterilization

72
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preferred method of sterilization in health care environment

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Autoclaving

73
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at what temperature will organisms will be killed

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15psi @ 121°C

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