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What is a mordant?
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Substance used to set dyes in staining
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In the gram stain what is iodine used as?
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Mordant
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What is the mordant used in the gram stain?
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Iodine
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What is the site where photosynthesis occurs in bacteria?
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Chromatophore
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These are found in bacteria but are not known to contribute to its existence.
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Mesosomes
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These are artifacts found in bacteria which are thought to be created by science.
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Mesosomes
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Lipid A is found in these types of bacteria
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Gram -
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This holds the polysaccharide to the outer membrane of Gram (-) bacteria.
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Lipid A
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Phosphate alcohol found in the cell wall of some Gram (+) cocci contain these to stabilize the cell wall.
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Teichoic acid
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These antibiotics can be used to treat Gram (+) bacteria
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penicillin, sulfonilamide
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Thse antibiotics can be used to treat Gram (-) bacteria
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neomycin, streptomycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol
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A gram (+) bacteria will stain this color.
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Blue
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A gram (-) bacteria will stain this color.
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Red/pink
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This is used as a decolorizer in the acid-fast stain.
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Acid alcohol
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This is used as a decolorizer in the gram stain.
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EtOH
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This is used as the primary stain in the acid-fast stain.
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basic carbolfuchsin
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This is used as the primary stain in the gram stain.
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crystal violet
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This is used as a counterstain in the endospore stain.
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safrinin
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This is used as the primary stain in the endospore stain.
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Malachite green
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Acid-fast (+) bacteria will stain this color.
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Red
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Acid-fast (-) bacteria will stain this color.
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Blue
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This compound is a waxy lipid which holds the acid-fast stain.
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Myolic acid
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These are used for negative staining and they are basic/acidic?
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India ink, nigrosin
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This is used as the counterstain in the gram stain.
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safrinin
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These store phosphate to make DNA and ATP.
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metachromatic granules
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This is one of the most common lipid inclusion energy reserve stored in prokaryotes.
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poly-beta-hydroxybutyric (PBH)
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This is the site where photosynthesis occurs in plants.
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chloroplast
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These parts of bacteria are made of proteins and act to send genetic material to other bacteria.
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pili
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These are found in spirochetes which allow the cell to move well in highly viscous fluids.
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axial filaments
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These are long proteins for bacteria to attach to things.
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fimbriae
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These are protein molecules permanently attached to the biological membrane of an organism.
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integral protein
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These bacteria have 2 spools on the flagella.
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Gram (-)
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These bacteria have 1 spool on the flagella.
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Gram (+)
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This is a less virulent form of an infectious agent and usually administered for vaccines.
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attenuated
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These hold the NAM-NAG chains horizontally.
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peptide cross-bridges
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These hold the NAM-NAG chains vertically
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peptide sidechains
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This is the part of a molecule that is responsible for its color.
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chromophore
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This person was the beginning of chemotherapy by finding salvarsan to kill treponema pallidum.
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Paul Ehrlich
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This person conducted the first vaccination with a smallpox vaccine.
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Jenner
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This person found guidelines to determine that a specific microorganism caused a certain disease.
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Koch
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This person discovered why death rates were so high in maternity by finding the causitive agent of puerperal, child birth fever.
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Semmelweis
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This person helped microscopy by examining cork.
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Hook
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This person is known as the father of microbiology. He disproved spontaneous generation and saved the silk and wine industry.
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Pasteur
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This person was the first to see microorganisms with a lens. He looked at sperm and found them to be tadpole-like.
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Leeuwenhoek
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This person recognized airborne microorganisms in post-surgical infections and used carbolic acid to remedy this.
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Lister
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This bacteria is used to make sourdough bread.
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Lactobacillus
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These stains are basic
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Methylene blue
Crystal violet Safranin |
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These stains are acidic
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India ink, nigrosin
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Acidic stains are good for this kind of staining
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negative stains
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