Week 1 Flashcards
PPE
personal protective equipment
ex) lab coats, gloves, safety goggles, face mask, chem apron
Common types of microscopes
compound binocular light microscope
coccus
round
bacillus
rod
spirillum
spiral
aseptic technique
without contamination
inoculation
transfer of microbe from one medium to another
tool used for bacterial inoculation
wire loop
sterilized
free of any type of germs
how is a wire loop sterilized?
by passing through the flame of a bunsen burner until it is red hot
isolation streak plate
to separate individual bacteria from mixtures. so that individual colonies are achieved
bacterial colony
visible mass of microbes stemming from a single cell
staph—–
grape like clusters
strep
straight
bacterial smearing
a thin layer of bacteria placed on a slide for staining
electric charge on all biological membranes
net neg charge
what type os stains are mostly used for making bacterial staining?
basic stains w a net pos charge
3 broad categories for staining technique
1 simple
2 differential
3 structural
simple staining
- uses only 1 dye/stain
- only allows for observation of shapes + arrangement
differential staining
- type of staining that uses 2 or more stains
- allows for the ID of specific groups of organisms