UNKNOWN LAB REPORT UNKNOWN NUMBER 54 Ron Williams 7-28-05 Bio 205 Prof. Curlee Fall 2005 Purpose There are many reasons for knowing the identity of microorganisms. The reasons range from the knowing the causative agent of a disease in a patient‚ so as to know how it can be treated‚ to knowing the correct microorganism to be used for making certain foods or antibiotics. This study was done by applying all of the methods that have been learned so far in the microbiology laboratory
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Review Questions 1. Which type of S. pneumoniae strain is the most virulent‚ encapsulated or unencapsulated? 2. What allows S. pneumoniae to adhere to cell walls‚ phosphorylcholine or polysaccharide? 3. Which infections are most commonly caused by S. pneumoniae‚ arthritis & peritonitis or meningitis & bacteremia? both 4. What can society do to help protect itself from antimicrobial resistance‚ increase or decrease antimicrobial usage? Decrease usage 1. Staphylococcus aureus‚
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Pure Culture Techniques In this first lab‚ you will be learning some very fundamental and important techniques. As is the case with most things‚ shorts cuts usually get you in trouble. This is especially true in Microbiology. The techniques you will be learning tonight‚ if mastered correctly‚ will make your life and learning experience in Microbiology much easier‚ if you don’t pay attention and practice these techniques incorrectly‚ well then……? Today you will be learning the following techniques:
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The Effectiveness of Antimicrobial Agents Bacteria: Clearasil and Proactive Veronica Hillgren 11/16/12 FRI AM Question/ Hypothesis The purpose of my experiment is to find and compare the efficiency of Proactive™ and Clearasil™ acne products on certain bacteria. For myself‚ Clearasil™ works better than Proactive™ does when exposed to my pores‚ which are infested with bacteria. However‚ Proactive™ is widely known and has a large amount
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In this lab‚ there was a comparison between accuracy and precision of densities measured by volume. Mass measurements are often used units in the metric system. Volume can be examined a borrowed unit. The volume measurements were made in mL. Every measurement had a level of hesitancy affiliated with it. The experiment could feel uncertain from the object used for measurement and from the accuracy of the person doing the measuring of the volume. Because of this uncertainty‚ the experiment must be
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experiment was somewhat flawed because he used the sun as his light source. He failed to account for the fact that the sun does not emit all visible wavelengths of light at the same intensity. However‚ further analysis of plant pigments proved that his results were valid. A year later Engelmann discovered that purple bacteria utilize ultraviolet light in the same way. In 1883‚ Thomas Engelmann devised an experiment to learn which wavelengths of light were the most effective
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associated with consumed foods such as plants and animals in case of an allergen or a contamination outbreak. This analysis was done by utilizing all of the proper methods taught thus far in the microbiology laboratory for the identification of two unknown bacteria. An unknown labeled as number 3 was given out by the lab instructor. The methods that have been lectured and absorbed pertaining to identifying
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What Is Microbiology? Microbiology is the study (logy) of very small (micro) living (bio) things. Microbiology is the study of microorganisms. These "bugs" include: bacteria (that’s the Latin plural for bacterium); viruses (that’s the non-Latin plural for virus - virii sounds weird‚ so I don’t say it); and‚ fungi (that’s the Latin plural for fungus - which by now you have guessed‚ or already knew‚ and may not be all that interested to know‚ anyway). Microbiology is actually made up of several
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Review for Microbiology Test #1 (Lesson 1-5) Lesson 1 What is the #1 killer of man worldwide? Heart Disease. What is the #3 killer in the US? Infectious Disease. What is the importance of MO in our world? List 6-8 reasons MO are important. Can’t live in Germ Free World‚ Keeps Economy running‚ Agriculture‚ Medication‚ Baking‚ Cosmetics‚ Paints‚ Fertilizers‚ Helps develop immune system‚ Decomposition of dead plants and animals to enrich the soil. What are the 4 groups of people most prone to
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Alignment Search Tool) * BLAST is based on the concept that if you compare the same (that is‚ homologous) protein from many different species‚ you can see that some amino acids readily substitute for each other and others almost never do. * Results are arranged with the best ones on top * The most important score is the Expect value‚ or E-value‚ which can be defined as the number of hits any random sequence (with the same length as yours) would have in the database. * E-values for
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