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What are the requirements of a fastidious microbe? A fastidious microbe is an organism with complex growth requirements and will not grow without then. Enriched medias thus contain these specific and essential nutrients required for the growth of a particular subset of microorganisms. What is ...

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What are the requirements of a fastidious microbe?
_;- _;- _;- A fastidious _;- _;- _;- _;- _;-_;- _;- _;- _;-


microbe is an organism with complex growth requirements and will not
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grow without then. Enriched medias thus contain these specific and
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essential nutrients required for the growth of a particular subset of
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microorganisms.



What is the name of the process of spreading a bacterial culture onto a
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petri dish?
_;- Plating. Plating microbes can be done using a sterile
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loop, a sterile swab, or a sterilized wire loop. Each device is simply a
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means of spreading the bacteria, most commonly in a simple back-and-
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forth motion, across the plate.
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What is the primary advantage of plating a bacterial culture as opposed
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to having it grow in solution?
_;- The primary advantage of plating a
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bacterial sample onto agar is that cells are held in place. Unlike in a
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nutrient broth where bacterial cells can multiply but are free to move
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around in solution, bacteria plated onto agar are fixed in such a way as
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to support the formation and visualization of colonies.
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What is the purpose of the quadrant streak approach?
_;- _;- _;- The purpose _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;-_;- _;- _;- _;-


of this method is to generate an individual colony so that a single (pure)
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bacterial sample can be picked from the plate.
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,What are the requirements of a fastidious microbe?
_;- _;- A fastidious
_;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;-_;- _;- _;- _;-



microbe is an organism with complex growth requirements such that if
_;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;-


absent it will not grow. Enriched medias thus contain these specific and
_;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;-



essential nutrients required for the growth of a particular subset of
_;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;-


microorganisms.



What is agar? _;-In its simplest form agar is liquid growth media that
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has had a hardening agent added to it. Agar is created when a
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polysaccharide derived from seaweed (algae) extract is added to growth
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media. Agar is used to create a solid, smooth surface on which microbes
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can grow.
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LB agar is classified as a non-selective, differential media
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True
False _;-_;- _;- False



LB agar is non-selective and non-differential
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What are the three forms of hemolysis found on blood agar plates?
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Alpha hemolysis, beta hemolysis, and gamma hemolysis
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Alpha hemolysis _;- Presents with greenish-brown color on blood agar _;-_;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;-


due to the partial lysis of red blood cells
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, Beta hemolysis
_;- Clear zones on blood agar indicate beta hemolysis, _;-_;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;-


which is the complete lysis of red blood cells
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Gamma hemolysis Presents a white/tan on blood agar due to the
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lack of hemolytic activity.
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What is the primary purpose of Columbia CNA agar?
_;- _;- _;- As it _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;-_;- _;- _;- _;-



suppresses the growth of Gram-negative bacteria CNA agar is, therefore,
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used for isolation of Gram-positive microbes.
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Name the type of plate derived from BAP that contains lysed red blood
_;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;-


cells Lysed red blood cells (RBCs) are a primary component in the
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formulation of Chocolate agar. _;- _;- _;-




Define the selective and differential abilities of a MacConkey agar plate
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MacConkey agar is selective in that only Gram-negative microbes
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will grow on the agar -Gram-positive microbes simply do not grow.
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MacConkey agar is also considered a differential media as it
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distinguishes between microbes capable of fermenting lactose (red
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colonies) and those that are non-fermenters (white/tan colonies).
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What colors would you expect to see on an EMB plate containing E.
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coli? The EMB plate itself is red in color while in the presence of E.
_;-_;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;- _;-


coli, the growing colonies will take on a distinctive metallic green sheen.
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