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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Activities/Tasks/Responsibilities | Problem(s) Encountered | Action(s) Taken | Personal Reflection | BacteriologyJuly 4- July 31 | Receiving of specimen‚ Logging‚ Processing of specimen‚ Inoculation into media‚ biochemical testing‚ identification of organism‚ gram staining‚ AFB staining‚ releasing of results‚ culture sensitivity testing. | No major problems were encountered during my rotation for Bacteriology. Minor problems like unfamiliarization of SOP’s and other procedures are encountered. | Asking proper procedures
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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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Review Sheet Exercise I: Survey of Higher Microorganisms: Protozoa‚ Fungi‚ and Helminths Protozoa (group of Kingdom Protista) 1. Amoeba a. nucleus- dark center of the cell b. food vacuole- They feed by taking nutrients into the cell by diffusion and packaging it into (clear circles spread throughout the cell) c. pseudopod- “false foot”; the motility results from the streaming of the protoplasm that forms the process 2. Entamoeba causes amoebiasis or amoebic dysentery‚
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Abstract: It is important to be able to identify pathogenic bacteria that may be causing harm. Tomato crops can be affected by several different pathogenic bacteria. By using Koch’s postulates‚ it was determined that Pseudomonas syringae was the bacteria causing rot. There are four criteria that must be met when using Koch’s postulates. They are that the organism must be fund in all infected‚ the organism must be isolated in pure culture then once reinnoculated in a healthy host‚ must cause the
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shapes would distort. BM SC Negative Stain CULTURES: Bacillus subtilus Staphylococcus epidermis MATERIALS: Nigrosin‚ Clean slide‚ Distilled water‚ Sterile toothpicks FUNCTION: This technique is very useful in situations where other staining techniques do not show clear morphology or size. PROCEDURE: 1. Place a small drop of nigrosin near on end of the slide. Mix a loopful of broth culture in the drop. (When from a solid medium‚ add a loopful of water) 2. Draw a second slide
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Pets as carriers of soil inhabitant microbes into our homes GIZELL VASQUEZ Biology department‚ Pathogenic microbiology‚ Crosby Jones‚ Angelo State University‚ San Angelo‚ TX 76909 There are approximately 78.2 million owned dogs in the United States (1)‚ and according to the United States government the current population of the nation is 308.7 million. The portion of dogs to humans is 4:1. These statistics are of importance because these pets physiologically observed their environment by smell
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Trypticase Soy Agar plate to isolate individual colonies to be studied‚ tested and identified. After incubation of the individual TSA plates‚ the morphologies were viewed and noted and a Gram stain was completed on each individual bacterium‚ which will be referred to as Bacteria #1 and Bacteria #2. After the Gram reaction was determined on Bacteria #1 and Bacteria #2‚ different biochemical tests were done according to the dichotomous keys provided in the lab manual. All the tests were performed by
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the plate‚ it could be seen that the unknown had growth and formation of colonies. The Gram stain was chosen next to determine if the unknown was gram-negative or gram-positive. After looking at the gram stain under the microscope with the oil immersion it could be determined that the unknown was gram-negative due to the fact that the bacteria was pink in color and rod shaped. After determining the unknown was gram-negative‚ other bacteria’s were able to be eliminated from the options. The Triple Sugar
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* Length of L. lactis ranges from 0.5-1.5 micrometer (µm). * L. lactis does not produce spores (nonsporulating). * No capsule formation. * L. lactis grow in microaerophilic conditions * L. lactis are non motile. * L. lactis are Gram (+ive). * L. lactis are catalase (-ive). * L. lactis have low-GC content. * L. lactis are acid-tolerant * Optimum growth temperature is 30oC at pH 6.8. * L. lactis are not produce CO2 in MRS Broth. Colony Morphology: * No
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