Coccus is a term used to describe a type of morphology that helps us distinguish different kinds of bacteria. The cell’s morphology is only one of the many ways we can differentiate the different species. Looking at these bacterium underneath the microscope is an important step to determine which kind of species it is. All cocci bacteria are not gram positive‚ but this lab will examine only this kind because of their influence in human health. Staphylococcus Aureus is a gram-positive coccus bacterium
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between Viruses‚ Bacteria‚ Cyanobacteria‚ Achaea and Fungi. Bacteria or bacterium are unicellular microorganisms. They are essentially only a few micrometres long and form of various shapes including the spheres‚ rods and spirals. A BACTERIAL CELL Illustration courtesy of Wikipedia. A Virus (from the Latin noun virus‚ meaning toxic or poison) is a sub-microscopic particle that infect the cells of a biological organism. Illustration courtesy of mc3cb.com. BACTERIA VIRUS STRUCTURE
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artists‚ was pursuing his pet theory--that his own nasal mucus had antibacterial effects--when he left a culture plate smeared with Staphylococcus bacteria on his lab bench while he went on a two-week holiday. When he returned‚ he noticed a clear halo surrounding the yellow-green growth of a mold that had accidentally contaminated the plate. Unknown to him‚ a spore of a rare variant called Penicillium notatum had drifted in from a mycology lab one floor below. Luck would have it that Fleming had
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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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Microbiology: ‘The Correct handling of Micro-organisms’ 1. Devise a title for each of the two experiments you did : (i)‚ Experiment 1 demonstrated the growth of bacteria when placed in liquid nutrient broth culture‚ the number of species present had increased in growth. .(1) (ii) Experiment 2 illustrated the growth of bacteria when placed on different surfaces of solid agar plates which included: nutrient agar‚ CLED agar and MacConkey agar; the number of species present also had increased in growth
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Alyse Rose Microbiology Lab Bacterial Unknown March 25‚ 2013 Bacterial Unknown Report Each student was given an unknown bacteria to figure out. I was given the unknown bacteria S38. Everybody is supposed to do all sorts of test to identify the bacteria. The first thing I did was smear my bacteria on a liquid medium. I then proceeded to incubate the medium for 24-48 hours. 1. GRAM STAIN The next step I took in finding my unknown bacteria was to gram stain it. This is used to differentiate
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Microbiology 20 Laboratory Final Exam Guidelines The laboratory exam will be given on Tuesday December 4th (sections 0375 and 3252) or Thursday December 6th (section 3253) and consist of an open book portion given in CMS 105 followed by a practical portion (closed book) to be given in the lab (CMS 002). You will not need a Scantron. For the open book test‚ be sure to bring any resources you may need including your lab manual‚ lab notebook‚ safety guidelines and handouts. For the practical portion
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The first test conducted on unknown bacteria 32 was the Gram stain. From this stain‚ unknown 32 was found to be a Gram-positive cocci. This test eliminated all possible Gram-negative bacteria‚ Gram-positive rods and Gram-positive spirillium. Next‚ the endospore test determined whether or not the Gram-positive bacteria contained endospores. With the use of malachite green‚ steam‚ and safranin it was found that unknown bacteria 32 did not contain endospores. This eliminated Gram-positive cocci Sporosarcina
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BACTERIA Identification (Classification I. Domain: Bacteria 1. Gram Negative Proteobacteria (Phylum XII) Non-Proteobacteria 2. Gram Positive LOW G+C (Phylum XIII) HIGH G+C (Phylum XIV) II. Domain: Archaea III. Domain: Eukarya (Gram Negative 1. Bordetella pertussis Pertussis/Whooping Cough 2. Eikenella corrodens Human Bite Injury
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classification ● Genus is represented by staphylococcus ● Designing organisms in the industrial setting that can provide human products through genetic engineering or clean up environment waste through bioremediation is part of the sub discipline microbiology referred to as biotechnology ● A pathogen is the term used to refer to any disease causing microorganism ● The term ubiquitous is used to refer to the fact that microbes exists nearly everywhere on the earth ● A good hypothesis must be: able to be supported or rejected by
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