Lab Quiz #3 – Flashcards

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Chemically Defined Media
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Exact composition ratio of media is known
-inorganic broths- lacks good carbon source
-glucose salts broth- glucose as only carbon source
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Complex Media
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Made from plant or animal tissue extract- exact amounts are unknown- good source of organic compounds (sugar, AA's vitamins, minerals)
-nutrient broth
-yeast extract broth
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What does a spectrophotometer check?
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Turbidity- cloudiness- amount of bacterial growth
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Disadvantages of Spectrophotometer
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Doesn't differentiate between living and dead cells. Requires incubation, prone to human error (pipetting)
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advantages of Spectrophotometer
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instant reading, more quantitative measurement than using your naked eye to approximate cloudiness.
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Heterotroph
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Carbon source is from organic molecules
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Autotrophs
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Carbon source is from inorganic molecules- CO2
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Chemotroph
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energy is obtained from chemical reactions (redox)- inorganic and organic chemicals
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phototroph
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energy is obtained from light
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For carbohydrate fermentation, what media and pH indicator were used to identify fermentation?
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media was nutrient broth with phenol red
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what were the three sugars used to measure carbohydrate fermentation?
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lactose, glucose, sucrose
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Which bacteria showed acid production with no gas formation? (yellow)
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S mitis and S aureus
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Which bacteria had acid and gas productions (yellow with bubble)?
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E. coli
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Which bacteria had no fermentation (no acid or gas)?
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A. faecalis and Pseudomonas
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Selective Media
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selects among a specific groups of bacteria- usually share common trait (gram positive, gram negative, halophiles)
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3 types of selective Media
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-Crystal Violet Agar
-Phenylethyl Alcohol Agar
-7.5% Sodium Chloride Agar
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Phenylethyl Alcohol Agar
(what does it inhibit, what does it select for)
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Inhibits Gram negative (alcohol disrupts membrane)
Selects for Gram Positive cocci
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Crystal Violet Agar
(what does it inhibit, what does it select for)
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Inhibits Gram Positive
Selects for Gram Negative
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7.5% Sodium Chloride Agar
(what does it inhibit, what class of bacteria does it select for, give an example of a bacteria in this class)
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inhibits anything non-halophilic
Selects for halophiles
Ex: Staphylococcus
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Differential Media
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Selects specific organism within a group of bacteria (identifies species)
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3 types of Differential Media
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-Mannitol Salt Agar
-MacConkey Agar
-Eosin-Methylene Blue Agar
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Mannitol Salt Agar
(What group does it select for, what does it differentiate and how, provide examples)
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salt selects for halophiles- Staphylococcus
Mannitol fermentation (pathogenic trait) differentiates epidermidis from aureus
Ex: S. aureus ferments mannitol and turns red media yellow
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MacConkey Agar
(What group does it select for, what does it differentiate and how, provide examples)
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Selects for gram negative (crystal violet inhibits gram positive)
Differentiates lactose fermenting bacteria (coliforms)
Lactose fermentation produces acids which turn the pH indicator red
Ex: E. coli, citrobacter, Enterobacter, Klebsiella
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Eosin-Methylene Blue Agar
(What group does it select for, what does it differentiate and how, provide examples)
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Selects for gram negative lactose fermenters (coliforms)
Differentiates between E. coli and all other coliforms- E. coli produces metallic green color
-Enterobacter aerogenes (coliforms)- pink colonies w central dark purple spot
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Enriched Media- example?
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Contain nutrients to support a wide variety of bacterial growth as well as additional unique requirements of fastidious growers
Ex: blood agar
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Blood Agar
(what does it differentiate? what are the three types of growth?)
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Differentiates hemolytic Streptococcus species (enriched and differential media)
1. Alpha hemolysis
2. Beta hemolysis
3. Gamma hemolysis
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Alpha hemolysis
(what does it look like and what organism shows this type of growth?)
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Partial breakdown of hemoglobin shows green/light brown sheen around colonies (biliverden)
Ex. E. coli
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Betta hemolysis
(what does it look like and what organism shows this type of growth?)
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Full breakdown of red blood cells leaves clear space- lyse cells using beta-hemolysin (streptolycin)
Ex: S. pyogenes
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Gamma hemolysis
(what does it look like and what organism shows this type of growth?)
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no hemolysis- whitish grey sheen on surface of media
Ex: S. epidermidis
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Enteric Bacteria (2 types)
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Bacteria that colonize the intestinal tract- coliform and non-coliform
-ferment glucose
-facultative anaerobes
-usually gram negative bacilli
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Coliforms
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lactose fermenting enterics
Ex: E. coli, citrobacter, Enterobacter, Klebsiella
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Non-Coliforms
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non-lactose fermenting enterics
Ex: Salmonella, Shigella, serretia, proteus
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mannitol salt agar
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Alpha Hemolysis (Blood Agar)
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Betta Hemolysis (Blood Agar)
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Gamma Hemolysis (Blood Agar)
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MacConkey Agar
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Eosin Methylene Blue Agar (E. coli)
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Eosin Methylene Blue Agar (Enterobacter Aerogenes)
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