Dichotomous Key And Observation Of Microorganism

A dichotomous key and observation can be useful tools in identifying microorganism’s taxonomy as a mold, yeast or bacteria. Microbes can be found everywhere in cold, warm, moist or dry environments and molds, yeast and bacteria each have unique characteristics that set them apart from one another and allow them to survive in these environments. Through macro and microscopic observation, different microbes can be observed through the natural liquid and solid phases and be made into slides to be viewed closely under a microscope. Essentially, a random microorganism can be sampled in a dry environment and be identified through observing unique characteristics that would make the microbe be considered either a mold, yeast or bacterium. Using a nutrient agar plate and cotton-tipped swabs for collecting the microbes, colony growths can be observed in the plate and inoculated onto a slide for further microscopic observation. The hypothesis was not entirely rejected as certain unique traits of the microbe collected was identified closely to a bacterium, based on growth, round structure, and small size. Further experiments would need to be conducted in order to fully taxonomize the microbe as observations and the dichotomous key elimination some of the possibilities as to what the microorganism can be identified as. Introduction Living microorganisms can be found inhabiting different and even what would be considered extreme conditions nearly anywhere in the world, including what …show more content…
Through these experiments it has determined whether microbes can be discerned apart if properly observed by the naked eye and through the help of a light microscope. The hypothesis that microorganisms can be distinguished from one another through recognizing the traits that pertain to that microbe by sampling a random dry environment surface was experimented and