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    Laboratory Exercises in Microbiology‚ Fifth Edition Front Matter Preface © The McGraw−Hill Companies‚ 2002 PREFACE Take interest‚ I implore you‚ in those sacred dwellings which one designates by the expressive term: laboratories. Demand that they be multiplied‚ that they be adorned. These are the temples of the future—temples of well-being and of happiness. There it is that humanity grows greater‚ stronger‚ better. Louis Pasteur (French chemist‚ founder of microbiology‚ 1822–1895) There

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    Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a gram positive bacterium that when looked at under a microscope it appears to be a cluster of what looks like purple circles.  This shape is known as cocci.  When grown on a TSA plate‚ Staphylococcus aureus appears to be yellow to opaque in color.  S. aureus is known as one of the most resistant bacterium to multiple antibiotics and considered the most pathogenic.  Everyone is susceptible to S. aureus with one way of transmission being from foods such as chicken

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    Disposition/Food Safety: Overview of Food Microbiology July 8‚ 2011 Overview of Food Microbiology OBJECTIVES At the end of this module‚ you will be able to: 1. Explain the structural similarities and/or differences among Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria as well as their isolation and identification using serological‚ biochemical‚ and molecular techniques. 2. Identify the functions of the bacterial cell wall. 3. Identify the extrinsic and intrinsic parameters that affect bacterial growth

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    ● For the organism staphylococcus aureus‚ aureus represent the species level of  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 

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    Staphylococcus Aureus (Staph Aureus) is a gram-positive coccal bacterium and is a member of the Firmicutes phylum. It is most commonly found in the respiratory tract or in skin infections and can sometimes occur from food poisoning. This bacterium is very common and can be found in almost all parts of the world. Every year around 500‚000 people in the USA go to the hospital to get treated (National Institutes of Health‚ 1999). Staph Aureus has genetically developed to resist many antibiotics (Larsen

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    followed by the specific epithet EX) Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus are found in the human body. E. coli is found in the large intestine‚ and S. aureus is on skin Scientific names can describe an organism‚ honor a researcher‚ or identify the habitat of a species EX) Staphylococcus aureus - staphylo- describes the clustered arrangement of the cells; coccus indicates that they are shaped like spheres; aureus describes the golden-colored colonies EX) Escherichia coli – honors the discoverer

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    The Staphylococcus aureus‚ a bacteria that is found in the nose‚ has been a leading cause of infection in hospitals around the world. This is an antibiotic-resistant‚ nosocomial pathogen‚ meaning that it’s acquired at hospitals. To test the idea that these infections have increased‚ eight hospitals participated in a study within the New York Area. The following are hospitals participated in this study: VA hospital‚ Kings County Hospital‚ Columbia University Medical Center‚ New York-Presbyterian Queens

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    to stain everything other than the bacteria. The Gram stain is one of the oldest‚ most cost-efficient‚ yet most under-utilized‚ staining method used to identify bacteria. It consists of a basic dye (the primary stain crystal violet)‚ a mordant (Gram ’s iodine)‚ decolorizer (acetone:alcohol) and a counter stain (safranin). A mordant is a compound which helps hold the primary stain to the bacteria. In this case‚ the iodine forms a complex with the crystal violet to "lock it into" the cell wall/membrane

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    Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Jessica Heinen Autry Technology Center Introduction The full name of MRSA is meticillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. Staphylococcus aureus (also known as staph) is a common type of bacteria. It is often carried on the skin and inside the nostrils and throat‚ and can cause mild infections of the skin such as boils and impetigo. If staph bacteria get into a break in the skin‚ they can cause life-threatening infections‚ such as

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    1 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Extant microorganisms are organisms from the fossil record that are no longer present on Earth today. True False 2. All cellular organisms can be placed into one of three __________‚ which include the Bacteria‚ Archaea‚ and the Eukarya. ________________________________________ 3. Archaea are cellular organisms that have unique cell membrane __________. ________________________________________

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