high and low temperatures; low amounts of oxygen and water; and high levels of salinity‚ acidity‚ alkalinity‚ and radiation. Examples of extreme environments on Earth are hot geysers and oceanic thermal vents‚ Antarctic sea ice‚ and oxygen-depleted rivers and lakes. Organisms that have evolved special adaptations that permit them to live in extreme conditions are called "extremophiles." Photo by: Dmitry Pichugin "Thermophiles" are microorganisms with optimal growth temperatures between 60 and
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Title: Colligative Properties & Osmotic Pressure Background: Important terms to study from this lab assignment are colligative properties‚ membrane permeability and osmotic pressure. First‚ colligative properties are “those of a solution that depend solely on the number of solute particles present‚ not the identity of those solute particles. These properties include: vapor pressure lowering‚ boiling point elevation‚ freezing point depression‚ and osmotic pressure” (p. 17 lab manual). In this experiment
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Microbial Growth of Consumable Products By Bryce Wilmott AIM: To calculate the quantity of observable microbial colonies on the surface of the Agar solid‚ as to determine the presence of microbes in consumable products i.e. yoghurt and blue vein cheese. HYPOTHESIS: Microbial growth will be present in two of the three Agar plates (those containing the food product) due to the suspected presence of microbes‚ whilst the control Agar plate (containing no food products)
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experiment to find the optimum temperature and pH for starch on amylase. The experiment was carried out in one day. The researcher and a partner did the experiment based on a lab manuel from class. Data was collected from the experiment and to be displayed on graphs. Then the optimum pH and temperatures were to be calculated based on the findings. The hypothesis was disproved due to the optimum pH of 5 but the other findings supported the hypothesis of the optimal temperature being 45 degrees Celsius.
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activity of the enzyme catecholase in different pH levels as well as its absorbance in differently concentrated solutions. A spetrophotometer was used to measure the absorbance of the enzyme catecholase in different pH solutions as well as to measure the absorbance of catecholase in solutions with different concentrations of potato juice and phosphate buffers. Absorbance of the enzyme catecholase was at an optimum level when pH was close to neutral. When pH was acidic or basic‚ the catecholase was less
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Environmental Factors You often hear the word environment‚ but do you stop to think what it really means‚ what it contains‚ and how it affects you? The actual definition of environment is the circumstances‚ objects‚ or conditions by which one is surrounded (Merriam-Webster dictionary). Your environment greatly impacts the way you are as a human being. Each and every one of your life experiences are influenced by your environment. Your environment determines if or how your potential to develop is
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different analysis; microscopy‚ soil microbiology and bacterial growth. The main aim of laboratory work with Escherichia coli and soil sample was to introduce students to bacterial growth in pure culture and soil microbial flora. The experiment of bacterial growth in pure culture using optical density measurement‚ plate count and DAPI direct count‚ showed that Plate Spread method was more precise to understand bacterial population growth tendency and counting generation time. During laboratory work
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Colligative Properties & Osmotic Pressure (Lab – Chapter 13) Introduction: In this lab‚ we are going to observe the difference in freezing point between pure water and salt water. We will also observe the permeability of an egg shell membrane and dialysis tubing‚ acting in place of a human cell‚ when placed into a hypertonic or hypotonic solution. We will observe the changes in size‚ shape‚ and characteristic. Materials and Methods: First we begin this experiment by making an ice bath in
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experiments was to determine the fundamental effects that temperature has on the growth and survival of bacteria. During the first experiment five different bacterial broth cultures of Escherichia coli‚ Pseudomonas fluorescens‚ Enterococcus faecalis‚ Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus stearothermophilus were individually incubated at temperatures of 5‚ 25‚ 37‚ 45 and 55°C for one week in an aim to distinguish the effect temperature has on growth and survival of the five different species. After one week
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The effect of nutrient concentration on duckweed growth Gina Neonakis Biology 203L:11 Biology 203:10 November 14‚ 2011 Abstract Lemna minor‚ or duckweed‚ is a small plant that floats on the surface of stagnant water that is usually rich in nutrients. Phosphorus is an important macronutrient in the growth of aquatic plants. We tested the effect of phosphorus on duckweed population growth using a control medium rich in nutrients and compared it to the population growth in a medium that lacked
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