behaviors of different cellular slime molds were analyzed under different conditions. They found that in D. disciodeum thrived equally on nutrient soil and a non-nutrient agar dishes (Bonner & Lamont‚ 2005). Similarly to the experiment preformed by Bonner and Lamont‚ we evaluated growth patterns of D. disciodeum on non-nutrient agar dishes. Another study conducted by Fisher‚ found that certain genetic factors increase the movement and development of D. disciodeum amoebae within a temperature gradient
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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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Bacterial Smears Are Fixed before Staining to? Answer It is important to heat fix the bacterial smear before staining so as to‚ kill the bacteria‚ firmly adhere the smear on to the microscopic slide to prevent washing off during staining‚ and to allow the sample to readily take up the stain. Reference: www2.hendrix.edu What is the purpose of heat- fixing the smear? It helps the cells adhere to the slide so that they can be stained. The purpose of heat fixing is to kill the organisms without
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allows the GFP gene to be expressed‚ but in both cases bacteria colonies would be present because of the gene of resistance to the antibiotic‚ ampicillin). We essentially made the required transformed solutions--and the controls--swiped them on the agar plate‚ and then observed to see whether or not bacteria colonies grew and whether or not they glowed. Our data fully supported our hypothesis. We can thus conclude that bacteria can take in foreign DNA through the process of transformation and that
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2 agar plates divided into 4 equal sections were used for this experiment. Each section was labeled with a number from 1-8. 8 Sterile swabs were used‚ 1 for each surface swab. 8 surfaces in my home were then identified that could serve as a fomite and swabbed with a sterile swab that was dipped in distilled water to moisten it. Surface #1 was the garbage disposal in the kitchen sink. It was swabbed and the microbes transferred to the appropriately labeled section marked #1 of the agar plate
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turn pink PEA prevents gram negatives from growing (2) PEA prevents the growth of Gram-negative organisms by disrupting the structure of lipids in the Gram-negative membrane. It also can hamper protein synthesis. Hemolysis is displayed on blood agar plates (2) On the plate the bacteria produces enzymes called hemolysins these enzymes lyse the red blood cells to certain degrees. Bacteria the fully lyse the blood go through beta-hemolysis. Bacteria that partially lyse the blood go through alpha-hemolysis
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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 can grow to be observed to view the results. Introduction Bacteria have been always around but us humans can’t see it with naked eye. Bacteria can be both harmful and good depending what type of bacteria
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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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bacterial walls. The solutions and fluids studied were saliva‚ mucus‚ tears‚ a stock solution of lysozomes‚ and distilled water. The solutions were placed in agar containing Micrococcus Luteus and we observed the amount of bacteria that was lyzed around them. The measurements were taken by observing where the agar cleared around the solutions‚ as the agar was cloudy where bacteria was present. I hypothesized that saliva would
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Molecular Biology Lab Report Payton Jackson Introduction In this lab‚ I am going to use antibiotic-resistance plasmids to transform Escherichia coli. Materials For this lab you will need the following: LB Agar Petri dishes Beakers Test tubes CaCl2 solution Sensitive E. coli (-ampR) amp plasmids ampicillin -amp cells Water bath to heat shock cells A freezer to incubate cells Process Step 1: Wash hands and sanitize lab setting. This will prevent anything reacting with a
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