Unknown Lab Report Unknown Organism #6 Ann Le (Phuoc) May 6‚ 2010 Dr. Carrington Microbiology Lab- MW 12:50 Le 1 I. Introduction My unknown organism #6 is Morganella morganii‚ which is a gram-negative bacillus rods commonly found in the environment and also in the intestinal tracts of humans‚ mammals‚ and reptiles as a normal flora. (3‚ 5) This bacterium Morganella morganii‚ was first discovered in the 1906 by a British bacteriologist named H. de R. Morgan. (2) Despite its wide
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were made and recorded each week to narrow down the scope of identification. Data has been presented in the tables‚ charts and drawings herein and reflect the results of microscopic observations as well as the differential tests results on various agars and broth cultures. Although all tests were not conclusive‚ the unknown organism labeled Unknown #11 was found to be a member of the family Enterobacteriacea and Genus Serratia marcescens. INTRODUCTION The field of Microbiology is the
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a given sample. It enumerates the number of actual live‚ viable cells in the sample that form colonies on a suitable agar medium. As the optimum medium and conditions varies for one sample to another‚ the colony count methods provide an estimate of the number of viable cells according to the medium employed‚ time and temperature of incubation. Each colony that appears on the agar plate arising either from a clump of cells or from a single cell is referred as a colony forming unit (CFU). The sample
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microorganisms. Gain more knowledge about selective media and differential media. Practice use of the catalase test‚ coagulase and the oxidase test. Observe microbial flora of the nose. Significance: Understand the use of Mannitol salt agar‚ blood agar and MacConkey agar plates which must be used based on the components of the bacteria. The catalase test will be used to understand the difference in facultative anaerobic and groam positive from aero tolerant anaerobes. The coagulase test converts fibrogen
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CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Natural rubber is produced by over 2000 plants species and its main constituent is poly (cis-I‚4-isoprene).a highly unsaturated hydrocarbon. Since 1914 there have been efforts to investigate microbial rubber degradation: However‚ only recently have the first proteins involved in this process have been identified and characterized and have the corresponding genes cloned. Analysis of the degradation product of natural rubber and synthetic rubbers isolated from various
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nutrient agar plates and using a permanent marker draw four quadrants on the bottom of each agar plate. Using a sterile pipet transfer 250 ml of E. coli broth to the middle of each petri dish and evenly spread bacterial culture around the agar plate. Cover and allow the culture to soak into agar for at east 15 minutes. Using sterile forceps‚ carefully place one filter disk from designated sample into the middle of each
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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 upon feeding bacteria to it. 2. Why shoudn’t a student swab his or her mouth or cough onto an agar plate to initiate a culture? Even though most bacteria in the human body is harmless‚ if one was knowingly or unknowingly ill then harmful
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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 of Simmon’s citrate agar. Followed by overnight incubation at 37°C. Day after the slant
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plate and the streak plate inoculation procedure for the separation of the cells of a mixed culture so that discrete colonies can be isolated. ii. To prepare a stock culture of an organism using isolates from the mixed cultures prepared on the agar streak-plate and/or the spread plate. Introduction : In order to be able to adequately study and characterize a certain microorganism‚ microbiologists need to separate and isolate this microorganism from the many other microorganisms with which
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_____________________________________________________________________________ Agarose is a polymeric cross-linked polysaccharide extracted from the seaweed agar. Agarose is used widely in gel electrophoresis because it gels at a lower temperature‚ does not contain the inhibitors of virus growth frequently present in agar‚ and has more uniform pore size than that of agar. It is also easily poured and does not denature the samples. In agarose gel electrophoresis‚ DNA or RNA fragments are separated or isolated according
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