Hydrogen Producing Bacteria was incubated in a complete - mix digester with work volume 1.7 L‚ seeded with sludge obtained from the local sewage treatment plant. Each liter of feed medium was composed of the following : 7 g of glucose‚ 1 g NaHCO3 ‚ 500 mg of NH4Cl ‚ 250 mg KH2PO4 ‚ 250 mg K2HPO4 ‚ 320 mg of MgSO4 • 7H2O ‚ 50 mg of FeCl 3 ‚ NiSO4 32 mg ‚ 50 mg CaCl2‚ Na2BO7 7.2 mg H2O ‚ 14.4 mg (NH4) 6MO7O24 H2O ‚ 23 mg of ZnCl2 ‚ 21 mg CoCl2 H2O ‚ 10 mg CuCl2•2H2O and 30 mg of MnCl2•4H2O . The reaction
Premium Polymerase chain reaction DNA
performed this test‚ the initially slant for unknown microorganism #17 is important. For this lab‚ two identical slants are used for two reasons. Firstly‚ the slant can be used to make sure that there is no contamination from the Nutrient Agar plate. Secondly‚ the second slant will become a stock culture to prevent the shortage of slants during performing the series of tests. Kliger’s Iron Agar tests can be used to determine multiple characteristics of unknown microorganism #17. Kliger’s Iron Agar slants
Premium Enzyme Metabolism Glucose
Introduction The purpose of this lab was to explore the properties of an unknown compound. An unknown was given and a cation flame test and anion test was performed to determine the identity of the compound. Once the identity was determined‚ the properties were explored. Experimental To determine the cation of the compound‚ a cation flame test was performed. A bunsen burner was lit until a medium blue flame was burning. The given unknown was scooped onto a nichrome wire loop. The wire was held
Premium Sodium chloride Sodium
Jennifer Hauss March 4‚ 2015 Bacterial Transformation Lab Report Introduction In this lab‚ the goal was to transform the bacteria e-coli to glow in the dark (or under a black light). Four plates were set up with agar in them for the bacteria to feed on and grow. Changes were then made to the bacteria. One plate was the control plate‚ having only the LB or agar for the bacteria and negative pGLO‚ which is the liquid not containing the plasmid. This is the plate that was compared with the three
Premium Bacteria Escherichia coli DNA
MANIPULATION OF BACTERIA INTRODUCTION: In this experiment that we performed‚ there were many methods that were used to help us manipulate and identify the bacteria E.coli on a MacConkey agar plate. The first part of the experiment involved the methods of manipulating‚ identifying and counting the bacteria and the second part was to find out whether the bacteria E.coli was the only type found in the given area by gram staining. E.coli was the chosen bacteria for this type of experiment. It is
Premium Gram staining Staining Escherichia coli
LAB 5: Coliform bacteria in surface waters I. Introduction Many organisms‚ including humans‚ have symbiotic bacteria in their guts that aid digestion. Symbiosis is an intimate relationship between different organisms in which both the host organism‚ e.g. the human‚ and the symbiote‚ e.g. bacteria‚ benefit from each other. In this case‚ the bacterium gets a favorable environment and food source in the intestines of a human. In return‚ these bacteria improve the digestibility of food through
Premium Microbiology Bacteria Water pollution
LAB#: 20 SKILL: Planning and Designing OBSERVATIONS: A student is given a small beaker containing an unknown salt‚ x. The salt is crystalline‚ deliquescent and colorless. The student is asked to perform test and observation on the salt to determine the cation and anion present. HYPOTHESIS: Perhaps by using the flame test or reacting salt x with NaOH‚ or NH4OH the cation could be distinguished by observing the color changes or solubility while reacting salt x with H2SO4 or a mixture of copper
Premium Ammonia Ion Sodium chloride
which organism we had in our unknown mixed culture tube by running a series of experiments to detect which specific Gram negative organism we had. To detect your gram positive from the mixed culture was given as extra credit points also. A Gram stain was performed and isolation streak plate in order to isolate and observe the unknown organism. Before the series of test‚ a dichotomous key had to be written up in order to know what steps and tests to run to identify the unknown Gram negative organism. I
Premium Bacteria Microbiology Staining
Unknown 2 Scheme “ Fair game” ions Cations: Na+‚ K+‚ NH4+ ‚ Ca2+‚ Mg(OH2)62+ ‚ Al(OH2)63+ Anions: SO42-‚ HSO4-‚ NO3-‚ OH-‚ Cl-‚ CO32-‚ HCO3- Insoluble Compounds: Ca(OH)2‚ CaSO4•2H2O‚ CaCO3‚ MgCO3‚ Mg(OH)2 I. Describe Sample a. Quick description of sample. Ex: Phase‚ color‚ odor‚ crystalline‚ amorphous‚ gel-like‚ powdery‚ etc. II. Flame Test a. Part 1 i. Orange Flame: Na+ is present. K+ ‚ NH4+ ‚ Ca2+‚ Mg(OH2)62 ‚ Al(OH2)63+ may also be present. ii. Purple Flame: K+ is present (no Na+
Premium Ion Chemistry Atom
Determining an Unknown Through Deferential Stains and Biochemical Tests Introduction There are many reasons for knowing the identity of microorganisms. The reasons range from knowing the causative agent of a disease in a patient‚ so as to know how it can be treated‚ to knowing the correct microorganism to be used for making certain foods or antibiotics. This study was done by applying all of the methods that have been learned so far in the microbiology laboratory class for the identification
Premium