incubated at room temperature showed red colonies throughout its media. This identified it as the gram-negative bacteria Serratia marcescens‚ but further tests had to be conducted to fully confirm. Bacteria A showed a white opaque growth in both of its plates. Secondly both bacteria had to be gram stained‚ so that they could be identified as gram-positive or as gram-negative. The same gram staining method was used for both bacteria‚ which consisted of inoculating each bacteria into a
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how the bacteria function. Over a two week period‚ eight prepared types of test media were provided to identify the assigned unknown mixed cultures. Not all of these tests were performed on every culture‚ as some were used only for gram positive or gram negative bacteria. The tests performed and what constituted a positive or negative test are as follows: Lab day 1; today in lab we obtained the unknown mixed culture “041”and one brain-heart infusion agar (BHIA). The first step was the
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Microscopic observations were performed on four different microscope slides. Three of these observations were gram stains and the last observation was of an endospore staining. The unknown bacteria samples for the endospore stain were taken off of a nutrient agar plate and stained using the Bartholomew and Mittwer’s method. Gram stain samples were taken off of tryptic soy agar and stained using the gram stain procedure that is listed in the Willgoh and Bleakly manual (2). Physiological Tests All biochemical
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bacteria and applying it to the results. This helps to slowly eliminate any bacteria that do not correspond with the results. I obtained tube number twelve to run various tests on. There are only two microorganisms‚ one is Gram positive and one is Gram negative‚ inside the test tube. The Gram positive possibilities are to be narrowed down from Bacillus cereus‚ Clostridium perfringens‚ Corynebacterium xerosis‚ Enterococcus faecalis‚ Streptococcus agalactaie‚ Staphylococcus aureus‚ and
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bacteria E.coli was the only type found in the given area by gram staining. E.coli was the chosen bacteria for this type of experiment. It is a gram negative bacterium that will grow rapidly given ‘any culture medium with the necessary energy source‚ nutrients‚ pH‚ and temperature’. Therefore‚ MacConkey Agar being the medium for its growth will enable us to achieve the experiment outcome. MacConkey Agar only allows the growth of gram negative bacteria as they do not contain bile salts and crystal
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Exercise 5 Introduction: Many different species of bacteria look similar under the microscope and also have the same staining results (ex. Gram stain). To be able to differentiate between the different species‚ one can look at the metabolic differences (fermentation)‚ as well as the environmental condition differences (temperature‚ pH‚ oxygen requirements). Being able to manipulate these conditions in a controlled environment can help to correctly identify the exact bacteria. Different media
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most important tests done was gram staining because it helped to limit the possible bacterium that it could have been. To be sure which bacterium was worked with we referred to the Bergey’s manual and compared the results to the possible bacterium. Results:
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inoculating loop or needle‚ Bunsen burner‚ glass slides‚ lens paper‚ bibulous paper‚ regular tap water‚ along with reagents Crystal violet‚ Gram’s Iodine‚ 95% ethyl alcohol‚ and safranin. The first test I conducted was the gram stain. In preparation for the actual gram staining process I had to make a smear. To do this‚ I acquired a clean glass slide. I then placed one drop of water onto the center of the slide. Using the flame from my Bunsen burner I sterilized my loop by passing the malleable
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colonies. Bacteria are classified on the basis of many characteristics. Morphological and physiological features such as cell shape‚ motility‚ formation of spores and other distinguishable structures‚ and reaction to Gram stain is a good start in identifying bacteria. Other staining techniques such as Acid Fast stain are also useful in determining species. More important in identification of a genus and species of bacteria are biological tests‚ including the determination of the types of nutrients
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known that were mentioned above. First it was the Gram staining procedure used to categorize bacteria in two groups‚ gram positive and gram negative. Gram staining is one of the most useful test used in the clinical setting to identify bacterial colonies due to their broad staining spectrum. (Black‚ 2008‚ pp. 70-71) The basis of the Gram stain is that gram positive bacteria retains the color of the primary dye‚ the crystal violet‚ whereas the gram negative bacteria loses the primary dye once its
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