The Relation of Antiseptics and Bacteria Growth Purpose: To explore the effectiveness of different levels of concentration of antiseptic and antibacterial products’ prevention of bacterial growth. Question: Amongst common household products‚ which antiseptic and level of concentration is more effective at inhibiting the growth of bacteria? Introduction: Antiseptics are antimicrobial substances used on living tissue to reduce the possibility of infection‚ putrefaction or sepsis. The word “anti”
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African Diaspora and the World After reading the short story “Diaspora” by Joanne Hyppolite‚ I got a vivid understanding of how diaspora can have an effect on one’s identity. Over the past month we have studied many theories and concepts concerning race‚ gender‚ and politics. There are three theories that capture the essence of Joanne Hyppolite’s worldview as a Haitian growing up in America: intersectionality‚ identity‚ and diaspora. Individuals oftentimes experience the theory of Intersectionality
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Plasmid Grant Zarrinmakan‚ Berkley Kruschke‚ Erika Lawrence. Wed/Fri‚ D-Block‚ 12-January-2015 Introduction Transformation is the genetic alteration of a cell resulting from the direct uptake of exogenous DNA from its surroundings. By doing this lab‚ we will answer the essential question: What influences transformation efficiency? Although there are many possible influences‚ our hypothesis is that plasmid has a positive influence. To test this hypothesis‚ we will set up an experiment in which we
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Soil Microbe Lab Antibiotics are chemicals produced by substances that kill or inhibit the growth of bacterial cells (Hurney et al 2013). These microbes‚ such as bacteria found in the soil‚ may seem like they would be harmful to the human body because they attack cells‚ however they are very efficient at only attacking the bacterial cells. Actinomycetes are one of the more common groups of these soil microbes known to produce antibiotics. Antibiotics work because they target specific aspects
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Coli bacteria. We began the lab by first obtaining two sterile microcentrifuge tubes‚ one was label “GFP+” while the other one was “GFP–” because this one served as a control meaning nothing goes inside this one. With gloves on 25 microliters competent cells‚ which is e. Coli bacteria
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The efficacy of sunscreen of different protectant levels to protect bacteria from ultra-violet (UV) light Ben Mitchell‚ Brigette Geniusz‚ Tylor Holcomb‚ Mark Kendrick June 16‚ 2014 Abstract: The efficacy of sunscreen is important because it blocks potentially harmful UV light‚ which may be a primary factor in skin cancer. Different levels of sun screen were tested alongside lotion and no treatment to see how well they protected Escherichia coli strain K-12 (Ecoli K-12) from UV light. The group
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Laboratory Exercise #5 Identification of Fungi Fungi‚ like bacteria‚ may be useful in industry but also problematic. Many produce important products including foods‚ chemicals‚ enzymes and pharmaceuticals such as antibiotics and hormones. Molds‚ however‚ in particular‚ are also common contaminants in industry. It is important to be able to recognize and identify them‚ therefore‚ in the laboratory. In today’s laboratory session you will examine some common molds and attempt to identify them.
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1. Why are spindle fibers important for mitosis? (5 points) Spindle fibers work as a path for chromosomes to travel(Campbell‚ 2009). 2. State the four bases that make up DNA. (4 points) a. (A)-Adenine b. (G)-Guanine c. (T)-Thymine d. (C)-Cytosine (Campbell‚ 2009). 3. What are the two base pairs? (2 points) a. AG b. CT 4. Answer the following questions: a. Define the term crossing over. (3 points) The phase in meiosis where chromosomes exchange segments of genetic materials (Campbell‚ 2009). b. Explain
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size. The matrix can be adjusted‚ though‚ by increasing the concentration of agarose (tighter matrix) or by decreasing it (looser matrix). A standard 1% agarose gel can resolve DNA from 0.2 - 30 kb in length. Agarose is extracted in the form of agar from several species of red marine algae‚ or seaweed‚ found in California and
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Antibiotic Lab Report By: Sierra Toll Hour: 6 Title: The effects of antibiotics on the growth of Escherichia Coli Problem: How do antibiotics affect the growth of E coli? Hypothesis: If Penicillin is applied to the bacteria‚ then the zone of inhibition will be larger. Background: The purpose of this lab was to see how effective a certain antibiotic is to kill E coli. The lab tested three antibiotics‚ Penicillin‚ Erythromycin‚ and Neomycin. The zone of inhibition‚ which is the amount of space
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