MIC Practical Report Kerry Haarhoff 18 April 2012 3150540 Introduction Bacteria and fungi are both micro-organisms‚ however‚ fungi are spore-producing organisms whereas bacteria are not and fungi can be multicellular and bacteria is only a unicellular organism. These 2 micro-organisms‚ along with many other things circulate in the air within our environment. These micro-organisms then settle and become more prevalent in different areas. An experiment was conducted to see where
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(RESEARCH TREATISE) By SITUMBEKO LIWELEYA (s213459531) Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of BACHALOROUS TECHNOLOGIEA: BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY At the At Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Port Elizabeth‚ 2013. SUPERVISOR- PROFESSOR SMITH. N. DECLARATION I‚ the undersigned‚ hereby declare that the research work contained in this study is my own original work‚ and all the sources I have used or quoted have been indicated and acknowledged
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Abstract This experiment analyzes the effects of how temperature affects bacterial and fungus amylase and also discovers the optimum temperature for these enzymes. The amylase was mixed with starch at temperatures of 0℃‚ 37℃‚ 57℃‚ and 90℃. Iodine was added to each mixture and colour changes in each case. Bacteria amylase was found to be effective at 55 0C as the temperature dropped drastically from 4.58℃ to 2.33℃. This shows that the amylase catabolized a lot of starch hence little is left which
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Bacterial Morphology MLT1 Task 11- Lab 2 Johnny Archuleta Western Governors University Question A and C answers. A wet mount stain is when a drop of water is placed onto the microscope slide. The water on the slide helps to support the organism and sample. The water fills the space between the cover slip and the slide. This action allows the light from the microscope to pass through the slide and the sample for better visualization of the organisms. A direct stain occurs when a charged
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Introduction: Bacteria are microscopic‚ single-celled organisms. Their genetic information is encoded in one large chromosome. It can also be found in plasmids which are small circular pieces of DNA that contain important genetic information for the growth of bacteria. In nature‚ this information is often a gene that encodes a protein that will make the bacteria resistant to an antibiotic. The reason for this protein being made within the bacteria is because of how bacteria usually grow in the same
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The Gram staining method is named after the Danish bacteriologist who originally developed it in 1882‚ Hans Christian Gram. The Gram staining process is one of the most important staining techniques in microbiology. It is almost always the first test performed for the identification of bacteria. The primary stain of the Gram’s method is either crystal violet or methylene blue‚ each almost equally effective. The microorganisms that retain the crystal violet and iodine mixture appear purplish brown
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A streak culture was performed on a Tryptic Soy Agar Plate for isolation and purity and then incubated at 37 degrees Celsius for 24 hours. A gram stain was performed to determine whether the bacterium was a gram negative or a gram positive. After performing the gram stain‚ I concluded that by the appearance of purple spherical clusters resembling grapes that is was a gram positive cocci. A Catalase test was then performed using hydrogen peroxide. A positive catalase test was observed
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Gram Negative Unknown Lab Report Abstract The Unknown Gram Negative bacterium inoculated in a Tryptic Soy broth medium was randomly selected from a group of other unknowns. In order to identify this unknown the seven different types of biochemical tests will be conducted on this unknown bacterium to identify it out of 6 possible bacteria; Escherichia coli(E. coli)‚ Enterobacter aerogenes (E.aerogenes)‚ Klebsiella pneumoniae (K.pneumoniae)‚ Proteus mirabilis(P.miranilis)‚ Pseudomonas aeruginosa(P
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In March 10‚ the first procedure that was done was gram staining. The purpose of this procedure was to determine if the unknown bacterium is gram-positive or gram-negative‚ and also to determine the cell shape. Gram-positive cells will be purple while gram-negative cells will be pink. The methods for the Gram staining method first starts with a fixed smear of the bacterium‚ covered it with crystal violet for 30 seconds. Afterwards‚ it should be gently rinsed off with distilled water and be covered
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Lab Practical One Report Unknown Bacteria Staining Gram Acid Fast Spore The first practical for microbiology was staining of an unknown bacteria. Professor Goode provided an unlabeled bacteria in which each individual were to conduct gram‚ acid fast‚ and spore staining tests from memory. When the gram staining test was conducted a positive results was obtained. When views on oil bacteria appeared purple and rod-like. I noted this result and looked at the lab key to see what the results narrowed
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