MICROBIOLOGY What is the purpose of general growth media‚ selective media‚ and differential media? Give examples of each. General Purpose Media General Purpose media is designed to grow most organisms and do not contain growth inhibitors. Standard Methods Agar and Blood Agar Bases are examples of general purpose media. Differential Media Differential media contain a component that allow an observable change when a specific chemical reaction takes place. Simmons Citrate Agar is an example
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Microorganisms are classified according to their structure. By means of flow charts‚ diagrams and tables explain the differences between Viruses‚ Bacteria‚ Cyanobacteria‚ Achaea and Fungi. Bacteria or bacterium are unicellular microorganisms. They are essentially only a few micrometres long and form of various shapes including the spheres‚ rods and spirals. A BACTERIAL CELL Illustration courtesy of Wikipedia. A Virus (from the Latin noun virus‚ meaning toxic or poison) is a sub-microscopic
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Microbiology: ‘The Correct handling of Micro-organisms’ 1. Devise a title for each of the two experiments you did : (i)‚ Experiment 1 demonstrated the growth of bacteria when placed in liquid nutrient broth culture‚ the number of species present had increased in growth. .(1) (ii) Experiment 2 illustrated the growth of bacteria when placed on different surfaces of solid agar plates which included: nutrient agar‚ CLED agar and MacConkey agar; the number of species present also had increased in growth
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Chem 105 Guide to the Formal Laboratory Report The purpose of a formal report is to communicate effectively to another person the goal‚ procedure‚ data analysis method‚ and results of your laboratory work. The report is divided into several well-defined sections. Each section must be present in a complete report. To earn an outcome point for the laboratory report‚ a student must submit a formal lab report that earns a score of at least 90/100. Each error (factual‚ grammatical‚ typographical
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Terms to Know Decomposer - Breakdown of dead matter and wastes into simple compounds Prokaryote – No nucleus - microscopic‚ unicellular organisms‚ lack nuclei and membrane-bound organelles Pathogen - Microorganisms that do harm Eukaryote - unicellular (microscopic) and multicellular‚ nucleus and membrane-bound organelles alcohol - archaeobacteria - Prokaryotic single-celled organisms of primitive origin that have unusual anatomy‚ physiology‚ and genetics‚ and live in harsh habitats;
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References: 1. Beishir‚ L.: Microbiology in Practice: A Self-Instructional Laboratory Course‚ Fifth Edition. (Harper Collins: New York) 1991. 2. Jawetz‚ Melnick and Adelberg: Medical Microbiology‚ Nineteenth Edition. (Appleton and Lange: Norwalk‚ CT) 1991. 3. Tortora‚ Case and Funke: Microbiology: An Introduction‚ Fourth Edition. (Benjamin Cummings: Redwood City‚ CA) 1992. 4. Zubay: Biochemistry. (Addison Wesley:
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Disposition/Food Safety: Overview of Food Microbiology July 8‚ 2011 Overview of Food Microbiology OBJECTIVES At the end of this module‚ you will be able to: 1. Explain the structural similarities and/or differences among Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria as well as their isolation and identification using serological‚ biochemical‚ and molecular techniques. 2. Identify the functions of the bacterial cell wall. 3. Identify the extrinsic and intrinsic parameters that affect bacterial growth
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Lab Report 1: Natural Selection Introduction: In today’s lab we learned how natural selection and survival of the fitness took place in Darwin theory by testing it out with four different utensils which were Spoon‚ Fork‚ chopstick‚ and clothespin which represent the four different types of bird beaks. Our goal was to see which one utensil ( bird beak) would outcome the other four utensil ( bird beak) by being able to survive with the limit amount of food‚ the environmental chances‚ and see who
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LAB REPORT Introduction: In a chemical change‚ the identities of substances change and new substances form. In an equation the substances on the left are the reactants. The substances on the right are the products. In this experiment the objectives are to observe evidence that a chemical change has taken place. Infer from observations that a new substance has been formed. Identify and record observations that show energy is involved in chemical change observe the color‚ solubility of some substances
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Lab Report: Halogen Reactions Purpose: This experiment will allow for exploration into some of the properties of Group 17 elements (halogens) and their compounds. More specifically‚ the solubility properties of these halogens will be used to predict their reactions. The relative electronegativities of the halogens will be determined. Halides‚such as Cl-‚ Br-‚ and I- will be used to make these determinations. Because this lab is qualitative rather than quantitative‚ there are no calculation
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