* Microbiology: Study of microorganisms Most microorganisms are pathogenicFalse The majority of bacteria are harmless True Total number of bacterial species: about 10 million to a billion What is a microorganism? An organism or virus too small to be seen without a microscope. (Smaller than 0.5 mm) Ex: Bacteria‚ Fungi‚ Protozoa‚ Algae‚ and Viruses Microbiom: collection of microbes Human cells vs. Microbial cells = 1:10 Which statement about Michaelangelo is not correct? A. He was
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chloroplasts in a strand of “Spirogyra” algae. Engelmann hypothesized that the bacteria were moving in response to oxygen generated by the photo synthetically active chloroplasts in the algae. This was one of the first documented observations of positive aero taxis in bacteria. In 1882‚ he performed his famous action spectrum experiment using a device designed and built by Carl Zeiss. The modified microscope had a prism which could produce a microscopic spectrum on a microscope slide. The device
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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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Gram Staining Introduction Prokaryotes are a large group of organisms with no membrane bound organelles. They consist of two domains: Archaea and Bacteria. These organisms are only found in extreme environments such as volcanoes. Prokaryotes are still being researched and are a very diverse group. In this lab we focused on trying to identify if the bacteria found had a lot of peptidoglycan by gram staining. Testing this could be done by using a Petri dish full of agar and testing different bacteria
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Microbiology 197 Prepared Bacteria Gram Stains (F12) Materials required: * Microscope; clean and properly set up * Immersion oil * Lens paper * Lens cleaning fluid * Microscope drawing forms * Specimens: 1. Bacillus subtilis 2. Staphylococcus aureus. 3. Escherichia coli Procedure: 1. Observe each of slides listed in “Specimens” above. 2. Make your observations using oil immersion (1000X). 3. Using a drawing form draw the organisms
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nutrients to simpler nutrients‚ microbes are also used in the production of medicines‚ enzymes and food‚ most recent and scientific use of microbes is to breakdown of sewage and other toxic into safe matter this process is called “Bioremediation”. Microbiology online: introducing microbes.[online] ].[Accessed9April2013].Availablefrom:worldwideweb: In pathological labs or in Hospitals we use a special technique called as aseptic to minimize the disease or infection outbreak. Aseptic technique means
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chromogen portion‚ as well as on the cellular component to be stained. There are 2 types of stain: Acidic stains – a chromogen portion exhibits a negative charge‚ therefore has a strong affinity for the positive constituents of the cell Basic stains – a chromogen portion exhibits a positive charge‚ therefore has a strong affinity for the negative constituents of the cell Bacterial cells usually have a negative surface charge‚ meaning that a positively charged stain is needed to stain
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Introduction:The objective throughout the gram staining experiment was to classify bacteria through their chemical nature as well as the physical structure of their cell walls. Through this experiment one would be able to observe either a thick or thin layer of peptidoglycan by the appearance of the bacteria staining either gram-positive blue-purple or gram-negative pink. Question: Is there a subsequent effect of the bacteria when decolorizing with alcohol? Hypothesis: If there is either a removal
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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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ferment the product can be stained with the gram staining. Gram staining is the method of differentiating bacteria into 2 large groups of Gram-positive bacteria and Gram-negative bacteria based on their cell wall. Most of the bacteria or yeast in the starter cultures used are Gram-positive. Gram staining requires 4 types of solutions used in the procedure: crystal violet‚ mordant‚ alcohol and safranin. The Gram-positive microbes will have blue stain while Gram-negative stains pink after the procedure
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