magnification. (http://inst.bact.wisc.edu/‚ © 2006-2013 Microbiology Laboratories) Gunasekaran (2005) defined staining as the method of artificially producing color in microorganisms to allow for the visualization under the microscope. He further stated that stains are used not only to make the organisms visible but also to understand their structure and chemical nature. Gram staining is a technique commonly used in the laboratory. It is used to differentiate two large groups of bacteria based
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The Comparative Analysis of Simple Staining and Gram Staining Techniques by observing E. Coli and S. Pyogenes under the Compound Light Microscope INTRODUCTION: A German bacteriologist‚ Dr. Theodore von Escherich‚ was the first man in 1885 who discovered the bacterium named Escherichia coli‚ which are gram negative and appears in rod shaped. Most kind of bacteria E. Coli does not cause diseases and some strains indeed are beneficial in helping the process of food breaking down in the intestines
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Differential Staining Purpose: The purpose of this experiment was to become familiar with subtypes of culture media and the uses for each‚ learn and employ the streak and pour dish techniques‚ and generate a pure culture of a specific organism. Set Up: For this experiment I needed: 1 Distilled water‚ 1 Paper towels‚ 1 10%-bleach or 70% alcohol solution‚ 1 Zip bag‚ 1 Pan to heat agar‚ 1 Isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol)‚ 1 Cultures: S. epidermidis and L. acidophilus‚ 1 Gloves‚ Disposable
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provide accurate data. 2. Through this letter I would like to present my opinion regarding Grams staining method and reliability of this method. According to me‚ Grams staining process is a simple technique that assists in recognition of etiological agent and therefore can be called as one of the most significant staining practices in microbiology. Though‚ Gram is concerned that the staining process developed by him is imperfect because not all bacteria can be stained by it‚ but in my opinion
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this experiment was to identify a specific unknown bacterium that was isolated from a multitude of bacteria in a sample of contaminated dirt by running it through a series of identification techniques. Some of these techniques were simple staining‚ gram staining‚ and isolation techniques. The hypothesis of this experiment was that the bacterium is of the bacillus family due to the rod shape. Due to multiple complications with the PCR‚ a new hypothesis couldn’t be formulated. Methods: In this experiment
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LABORATORY EXERCISE 8-A: Preparation of Bacterial Smear and Simple Staining I. INTRODUCTION Bacterial smears are prepared for the purpose of viewing microorganisms under the microscope. Visualization of microorganisms in the living state is very difficult‚ not just because they are minute‚ but because they are transparent and almost colorless when suspended in an aqueous medium. A bacterial smear is a dried preparation of bacterial cells on a glass slide. Smears may be made from a dry culture
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SCI250 Week 1 Chapter 3 Staining Lab Quiz Section: Multiple Choice 1. Which of the following stains is used frequently to identify Mycobacterium and other bacteria whose cell walls contain high amounts of lipids? A. Gram stain B. Schaeffer-Fulton stain C. Acid-fast stain D. Lipidialar stain E. Spore Stain 2. Which of the following stains is used to classify microorganisms based on their cell wall content? A. Capsular stain B. Gram stain C. Spore stain D. Negative stain E. Methylene blue 3
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rapid succession to heat fix the smear. Simple Staining = staining cells with a single dye so that they can be more readily observed. Basic Dye = (methylene blue) has positively charged chromophore group. A basic dye will be attracted to any negatively charged substance‚ such as bacterium. Acidic Dye = (eosin) have negatively charged chromophore groups‚ and thus are attracted to positively charged substances. Chromophore Group = chemical staining group. Bacilli = rod- shaped bacterium. Endospore
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and therefore necessary during cellular proliferation. The protein can be found in all phases of the cell cycle but not in resting cells. The Ki67 staining is used to determine growth of certain cell types and is therefore used on hyperproliferative cells such as tumor cells‚ but also in benign hyperproliferative diseases such as psoriasis. The staining reveals the proliferative active keratinocytes which can be found in stratum basale. Sept7-deficient mice receiving IMQ treatment (Fig S6. A) had
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PSBPP103 Differential Gram’s staining EXPERIMENT NO. 1 AIM: THEORY: Page No: C1 Date: To Gram stain the given bacterial suspension and to differentiate between gram positive and gram negative organism. Visualization of microorganisms in the living state is very difficult‚ not just because they are minute‚ but because they are transparent and almost colorless when suspended in an aqueous medium. To study their properties and divide microorganisms into specific groups for diagnostic purposes
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