UNKNOW BACTERIA LAB REPORT UNKNOWN 36 Introduction The purpose of this lab was to identify two unknown bacteria from a mixed culture. The reason for identification of unknown bacteria was to help students recognize different bacteria through different biochemical tests and characteristics. This is important in the medical field because identification of unknown bacteria can help treat a patient by knowing the contributing source of a disease. Also knowledge of different bacteria helped others
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Predicting the Growth of Microorganisms Abstract Bacteria have been around us all the time just that not are bad there are also good bacteria. Throughout the session the bacteria changed in shape and how large it grew in many different ways. There were many different results in every bacteria that was examined‚ no bacteria looked alike towards one another. The bacteria in order to be produced it need to be put nutrient agar that would nourish it. The bacteria were inoculated into the nutrient agar so it
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Citrate Test: Some bacteria can use citrate as a source of carbon. To test if the unknown bacteria uses citrate as a source of carbon‚ Simmon’s citrate agar was used as the medium on which the bacteria was grown. The Simmon’s citrate agar consists of sodium citrate as the source of carbon‚ ammonium dihydrogen phosphate as the source of nitrogen along with pH indicator such as bromothymol blue. Procedure: The Citratase activity was detected by inoculating the unknown bacteria on the slant surface
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Introduction: Bacteria need specific living conditions to survive. The ideal conditions for bacterial growth is a warm‚ dark‚ and damp environment. This provides the maximum effectiveness for bacterial growth. The areas in our school that contain the most bacteria would be the water fountains because the bacteria from our mouths drop off on to it when we drink from it‚ and because water fountains are not regularly washed in comparison to weight equipment. Water fountains also provide a warm damp
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biofilms When bacteria is threatened by antibiotics treatment that can kill them‚ or when a strong immune system responses to bacteria and produce cytokines or other agents to eliminate it from the body‚ Bacteria has the choice of either staying as individual and die or change their form to make biofilms. Biofilms are communities or bacteria binds together in large groups and make a sticky mesh to make themselves resistant against antibiotics. Some drug that can kill single bacteria will not be able
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fundamental differential staining techniques used in the study of bacteriology is gram staining. There are two main types of bacteria‚ gram negative and gram-positive. The purpose of this experiment was to perform a variety of tests to identify the bacteria contained in the unknown sample labeled number 15. The following are the tests that were used to identify the two different bacteria. The SIM test‚ which tests for sulfur reduction‚ indole production‚ and motility‚ MRVP which is a test used to distinguish
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Bonnie Bassler claims that bacteria although simple have complex systems that they use to communicate with each other to coordinate. This is crucial to humans because Dr. Bassler considers humans to be 90-99% bacterial. Dr. Bassler states we have about one trillion human cells but we have about 10 trillion bacterial cells that either live in or on humans. The number of bacterial genes in those cells outnumber humans by 100 times since humans only have 30‚000 genes. These bacteria share a mutualistic relationship
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The Effects of Antibiotics on Bacterial Growth Biology II 1996 Bacteria are the most common and ancient microorganisms on earth. Most bacteria are microscopic‚ measuring 1 micron in length. However‚ colonies of bacteria grown in a laboratory petri dish can be seen with the unaided eye. There are many divisions and classifications of bacteria that assist in identifying them. The first two types of bacteria are archaebacteria and eubacteria. Both groups have common ancestors dating to more
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could achieved of which different products to test for my concluding idea. The type of bacteria that I am going to discuss and chosen is E-coli. I will also going to research the effectiveness of antibacterial cleaning products‚ for instance sanitizer. I will also‚ research which is the most effective product for the house hold and some other work places. Background Information What are Bacteria? Bacteria are found in: soil‚ radioactive waste‚ water‚ plants‚ animals‚ deep in the earth’s crust
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Report Microbiology Introduction Bacteria can be found almost anywhere. For human life‚ some help us‚ some hurt us‚ and others are neutral. It is now known that good bacteria‚ or normal microflora‚ can reach 1014 microbial cells. This is far more than the 1013 cells that make up the human body (Tannock‚ 1995). The total number of bacteria on Earth is estimated to be around 4-6 x 1030 (Horner-Devine‚ 2004). It is important to know the extent of bacteria‚ how they live‚ and how they are transmitted
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