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sterile/aseptic technique |
Guarantee that contamination does not occur |
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Pure cultures |
A single organism and it’s reproduce progeny |
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Colonies/ Colony-forming units (CFU) |
Progeny of single bacterium, pure culture |
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Streak plate is used to |
Separate colonies, so studying can happen |
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How to sterilize an inoculating loop? |
Can be sterilized by flaming in a Bunsen burner until red hot |
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What do you think is the difference between the purpose of an agar slant versus an agar deep? |
The slant is for more surface area. Deep is to penetrate the media |
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When performing a quadrant streak plate, how many times should you flame the loop in total? |
5 times |
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What should you do with the cap while you are aseptically transferring bacteria from a tube? |
Hold it was pinky and ring finger. Do not set it down. |
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When performing a quadrant streak plate, how many times should you take bacteria from the cultural tube? |
1 |
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How do you know if you were successful at streak plating? |
If separate colonies are formed 2 mm distance from one another |
