Lab: Sampling Bacteria Purpose: Refer to handout sheet. Materials: Refer to handout sheet. Procedure: Refer to handout sheet. Pre-Lab Questions: 1. Why is one dish being reserved for the class as a "control"? Having a controlled variable is important in order to be able to look at what the bacteria would look like if it hadn’t been contaminated and just left as agar. Having a sample of agar that wasnt exposed to any bacteria will provide a clear picutre of what grew on the agar
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sterile swab obtained sample of bacteria from skin then transferred using the aseptic transfer technique into the sterile media. Incubated both specimens for 48 hours observed and recording results of growth at 24 and 48 hours. After observing final growth pattern at 48 hours prepared both wet mount and direct stain slide for each of the cultures. Viewed under microscope using both the 40X and 100X oil immersion lens. Disinfected work area. Observations: |Bacteria
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Are viruses alive? Explain why you think viruses are alive or not. Viruses are not alive. This is because even though viruses are made up of molecules (proteins‚ nucleic acids‚ carbohydrates and lipids)‚ they cannot do anything on their own‚ until they enter or come into contact with a living cell. Viruses cannot multiply without having a host cell to initiate the process. Another reason would be that viruses don’t actually do anything on their own. Whenever a virus comes into contact with a cell
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Penicillin Changed the World Imagine life without antibiotics‚ people dying of a whooping cough‚ a minor wound or even a simple infection. Until the accidental discovery of penicillin by Alexander Flemming‚ life was like this. The positive effects for the discovery of penicillin were the many medical advancements made both therapeutically and medicinally. Economically‚ people were living longer lives and populations were growing more rapidly. Socially‚ people were able to interact without risking
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species of bacteria look similar under the microscope and also have the same staining results (ex. Gram stain). To be able to differentiate between the different species‚ one can look at the metabolic differences (fermentation)‚ as well as the environmental condition differences (temperature‚ pH‚ oxygen requirements). Being able to manipulate these conditions in a controlled environment can help to correctly identify the exact bacteria. Different media can be used to culture and identify bacteria. Some
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MBK – Lab Report Name: _Bri White_________ Section: ___________________ Observing Bacteria and Blood Questions: A. List the following parts of the microscope and describe the function of each A- Eyepiece: Viewing and identifying objects within the viewing field B- Main Tube: Connects eyepiece lenses to objective lenses C- Nosepiece: Holds objective lens and rotates them D- Objective Lens: Provides different focal lengths E- Stage: Holds the specimen or slide F- Diaphragm:
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Sarah Burns Evolution of Plague Bacteria The Bubonic Plague otherwise known as the Black Death‚ has gotten most of its attention from medieval paintings‚ poetry‚ and journals of revulsion. The real horror‚ was the disturbing biological evidence of the bacteria that caused all the pandemics‚ known as Yersinia pestis. The pathogen got its name from the two investigators Yersin and Kitasato. In 1894‚ Yersin was known as the main investigator (ergo. Named after him)‚ he claimed that the mice/rats were
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Lactic Acid Bacteria Amanda Perry Many persons are oblivious to the fact that when they consume certain delicious food products like yogurt‚ buttermilk or cheese‚ they are actually eating live bacterial biomass which has acidified the milk content and contains a mixture of bacterial slime layers. Perhaps it is a blessing that most people are unaware because when most hear the word ‘bacteria‚’ their first thought is of a microscopic unicellular organism that causes various types of diseases especially
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Received 3 October 2002/Accepted 21 November 2002 Downloaded from http://aem.asm.org/ on June 6‚ 2013 by UNIVERSITY OF DELHI Despite their commercial importance‚ there are relatively few facile methods for genomic manipulation of the lactic acid bacteria. Here‚ the lactococcal group II intron‚ Ll.ltrB‚ was targeted to
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were measured and recorded. A hypothesis that was formulated before experimenting was‚ “If the type of disinfectant is Mouthwash‚ then it will allow for the least amount of bacteria growth because the chemicals present in Mouthwash combined with the acidic environment it bring will make it very hard to allow for any bacteria growth”. The independent variable in this experiment was undeniably
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