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Zacharias Janssen
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1600 compound microscope (rudimentary)
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Anthony van Leeuwenhoek
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1673 single lens microscope
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parafocal
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retain focus between two objectives
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resolution- human eye
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0.2mm
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resolution- brightfield microscope
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0.2 (u italics)m
can see bacteria |
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resolution- electron
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0.2nm
see virsues |
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meter
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3.28 ft
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bacteria need from environment:
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Macronutrients chnops
micronutrients growth factors ( vitamins) water |
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auxotroph
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have growth requirements
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prototroph
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no growth requirements
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synthetic or defined
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Burks media,
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complex or rich
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TSA, Nutrient broth
some ingredients unknown extracts prepared media |
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Broth
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used to make media to create mass organisms
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general
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provides basic needs for bacterial growth tsa, na, blodd agar
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selective
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used to suppress growth of unwanted microorganisms and favor growth of desired organisms MacConkey, msa, cna
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differential
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distinguish colonies of desired organisms from other colonies growing on same plate MacConkey, msa
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how high can temperatures get with 15 p.s.i?
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121 degrees celsius
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bacteria
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ubiquitous, exist in mixed cultures
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pure culture
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one type of bacteria
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Robert Koch
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created agar
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Columbia CNA Agar
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Selective for G +, inhibits G-
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MacConkey Agar
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selective for G-, inhibits G+
Inhibitory: Bile Salts indicator: neutral red(pH drop around colony causes color change) |
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MacConkey Agar results
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Lactose fermenters: pink or red colonies
lactose non-fermaenters: clear colonies |
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Mannitol Salt Agar
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Growth of Staphylococcus species
inhibitor: sodium chloride 7.5% indicator: phenol red |
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MSA results
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S. saprophyticus: yellow colonies and yellow meida (ferments mannitol)
S. epidermidis: grows but does not ferment mannitol(media not yellow) |
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Blood Agar
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enrich blood for fastidious organisms G+, G-
indicator: blood |
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Blood agar results
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Beta, alpha, gamma
beta- complete homolysis alpha- incomplete hemolysis gamma- no hemolysis |
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Linnaeus
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Binomial system
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Carl Woese
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1978 introduced 3 domains Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
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Christian Gram
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1884 important differential staining techniques allows identification of bacterial groups based on peptidoglycan in cell wall
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Gram + or Gram -?
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gram positive
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Gram pos or gram neg?
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gram negative
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Steps for gram stain
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Crystal violet
Iodine Alcohol Safranin |
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negative stain
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to see bacterial cell morphology, size of cells, capsules, cell shape, and association between cells.
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Nigrosin stain
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negatively charged
dark background, visible bacteria no heat applied |
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Sab
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selective for fungi due to low pH (5.6) and high glucose content
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Joseph Lister
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Aseptic surgery carbolic acid
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Factors affecting effectiveness of antimicrobial treatments
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microbial characteristics
# of microorganisms time of exposure |
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Alexander Flemning
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Penicillin 1928
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What are the major modes of action of antibotics?
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-cell wall synthesis
-plasma membrane -folic acid synthesis -nucleic acids -protein synthesis (50s, 30s units) |
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Mueller-Hinton
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low inhibitors sulfonamides, trimethoprim, and tetracycline inhibitors
neutral pH |
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mycology
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study of fungi
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fungi characteristics
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eukaryotic, chemoheterotrophs (non-photosynthetic), lack tissue diffrentation, absorptive metabolism
cell wall: chitin |
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Fungi- multicellular
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molds, mushrooms
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Fungi- unicellular
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yeasts
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molds and fleshy fungi connected by chains of?
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hyphae
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An interconnected mass of hyphae is called?
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mycelium
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fungi can reproduce by
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fragmentation-asexually
formation of spores- sexually and asexually |
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Name two types of electron microscopes: (to view structural details of bacteria
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Transmission Electron
Scanning Electron |
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resolution
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distance between two points that can be distinguished from one another as two separate things
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light source
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helps to illuminate the organism
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course focus adjustment
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brings the stage up to put the object in focus
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diaphragm
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adjusts the amount of light
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magnification
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10X, 40X, 100X
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wet mount
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place 1-2 drops of sample in center of slide, cover slip
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auxotroph
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requires growth requirement
auxein- to increase, trophos- nourishment |
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prototroph
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wild type organism or one with no growth requirments
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nutrient agar slants
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used to maintain stock cultures
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nutrient agar plates
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used to isolate pure cultures of organisms
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nutrient broth tubes
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used to grow large numbers of organisms
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agar
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ingredient to make solid media
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Agar will not go into the solution until has been
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autoclaved
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Name three ingredients of media which are required for bacterial growh
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maronutrients
micronutrients water |
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aseptic
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used to keep area free of bacterial contamination
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negative stain
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nigrosin (-) does not react with bacteria surface (-) dries to form dark background
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