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________ variable- The item being tested, the item expected to have an effect

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Independent variable

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_________ variable- Measure used to determine the outcome

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Dependent variable

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Consensus among researchers that a particular concept or process exists

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Scientific theory

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What is seen when looking into the oculars

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Field of view

As the power gets greater, the field of view get smaller

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Ability to see two separate objects as discrete entities

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Resolving power (resolution)

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How do you calculate total magnification?

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Power of ocular times power of objective

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The distance between bottom of the objective and the glass slide

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Working distance

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Lens that stays in focus with the magnification or focal length changes

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Parfocal

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_______ Image is what is projected into the objective lens

________ Image that is viewed through the ocular lines

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Real

Virtual

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Type type of microscope that has a dark object (partly transparent) that appears against bright background

Stain (methylene blue) darkens some parts more than others

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Light microscopy (LM) with stain

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Type of microscope where the object looks transparent
Organelles appear as light-dark patterns caused by variation in refractive index. This type of imaging gives an illusion of three-dimensionality.
Background may be dark or light.

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Phase-contrast microscopy (PCM)

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Specific fluorescent molecules label parts of the cell.

Fluorophore-labeled parts of the object show bright color against a dark background

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Florescence microscopy (FM)

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A high resolution of detail is present, much higher than with light microscope.
Shadowing of the object approximates actual three dimensionality.

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Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

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A thin section of the specimen appears. Only some of the cells parts appear, those that happen to fall within the section.
High resolution of detail reveals objects such as ribosomes in viruses

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Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

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why is immersion oil used?

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To decrease refraction of light into the 100X Objective lens, improving the resolution.

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The measure of how well microscope objective can gather light

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Aperture

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What are the cultural characteristics that are used to identify colonies on Agar?

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  • shape
  • margin
  • elevation
  • size
  • texture
  • appearance
  • pigmentation
  • optical property
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What are the different shapes of bacteria?

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Coccus-round
Rod/bacillus-longer than wide
Coccobacillus-oval shape
Vibrio-bent rod (comma shape)
Spirochete-flexible spirally twisted structure
Pheomorphism-variable cell morphology depending on age of cell and environment (nutrients, temperature, etc.)

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What are the different arrangements of cocci?

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1 plane

  • diplococcus- 2cells
  • streptococcus- variable number of cells (chain)

2 perpendicular planes

  • tetrad-4 cells
  • sarcina-packet of 8-64 cells

Several planes

-staphylococcus-irregular clusters, number of cells varies

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  • Self replicating
  • can be transferred from prokaryote to prokaryote
  • Circular pieces of DNA
  • contains only a few genes, such as genes for anabiotic resistance
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Plasmids

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Spherical or round shape bacterium

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Coccus/cocci

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When the shape of the bacterium is rod-shaped, or longer than it is wide

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Bacillus

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Bacterium that are shaped as short rods

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Coccobacillus

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Bacterium that looks like a bent rod is called…

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Vibrio

Ex: vibrio cholera

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When the bacterium shape is rigid wavy or coiling
Spirillium
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When the bacteria shape is thin, and has multiple (four or more) Full twist along the length of the cell
Spirochetes Ex: Treponema pallidum (syphilis) And Borrelia burdorferi (Lyme disease)
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What prefix is used for chains of cells?
Strepto-
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If spherical cells separate along two planes they will form clusters of 4 cells called ______. If it then divides again on a third plane, the result is a _______
Tetrads, sarcina
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If spherical cells separate along random planes the result is irregular grape light cluster called...
Staphylococcus
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Some bacteria may be _________, meaning that their typical morphology may become altered in response to age and environmental conditions
Pleomorphic
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These type of stains utilize a single dye and are used to determine cell shape, size, and arrangement.
Simple stains
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Basic dyes include... Are they positive or negative stains?
Crystal violet, safranin, methylene blue, malachite green, carbol fuschin Positive stains
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Can positive or negative staining be heat fixed?
Only positive
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What are the acidic dyes? Is used in negative or positive Staining?
Nigrosin, and India ink Negative staining
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An example of a special stain?
Flagella stain
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Differential stains include
- acid-fast stain - Capsule stain - endospores stain - Graham negative and positive
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_________ and _______ stains utilize more than one stain.
Differential, special
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An example of a capsule forming organism
Klebsiella pneumoniae
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This type of staining includes acidic stain to stain the background and a basic stain to stain the cells leaving their clear capsules
Capsule stain
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Examples of spore forming bacteria
Bacillus and clostridium
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Endospores are difficult to stain because of their tough outer protein coats made of peptidoglycan and _________.
Dipicolinic acid
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Acid-fast positive cells are ____ | Acid-fast negative cells are ____
``` Hot pink (from carbol fuschin) Blue or green ```
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Acid fast positive cells have a waxy substance called ______ in their cell wall that enables them to resist decolorization. This makes them highly resistant to desiccation and disinfectants Because it is so resistant, heat is used as a mordant to drive the primary stain into the cell wall.
Mycolic acid
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``` Atrichous - Monotrichous- Amphitrichous- Lophortrichous- Peritrichoous- ```
Atrichous - no flagella Monotrichous- Single Flagella Amphitrichous-One flagella coming from each end Lophortrichous-multiple flagella located at the same spot on the Bacteria Peritrichoous- flagella all over its surface
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Bacteria have cell membranes of ________ fatty acid chains
Unbranched
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When doing a Gram stain, failure to add iodine would result in...
Both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria will stain red. Gram-positive bacteria will be false negative
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What term describes a single bacterium that is oval in shape?
Coccobacillus
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*Bacillus subtilis* What is the gram reaction? What is the cellular morphology and arrangement?
Gram-positive Streptobacilli
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*staphylococcus epidermis* What is the gram reaction? What is the cellular morphology and arrangement?
Gram-positive Staphylococcus
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*Escherichia coil* What is the gram reaction? What is the cellular morphology and arrangement?
Gram negative Coccobacillus
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When shifting from 4X lens to 40X Lens only fine focus will be needed to resolve image. What is this example of?
Parfocal
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Archaea cell membranes are made of ________ hydrocarbon chains
Branched
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The description of microbial growth in broth as being ________ means that the broth in the tube appears cloudy.
Turbid
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The four major macromolecules that comprise cells
- carbohydrates - Lipids - proteins - nucleic acid‘s
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Growth media provides the elements that most bacteria need for growth which include...
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur
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__________ organisms have complex growth requirements and are thus more challenging to grow in the lab
Fastidious
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General-purpose or all-purpose media examples...
Tryptic soy broth, tryptic soy agar (TSA) plate
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What’s an example of differential media?
Nitrate broth
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Steps of the scientific theory
- observe - ask a question - research/gather data - hypothesis - experiment - test hypothesis - draw conclusions - Report/refine hypothesis
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What is the most widely used staining procedure in bacteriology?
Gram stain (differential stain)
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What procedure is used for acid fast staining?
Ziehl-Neelson procedure
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What dyes are used for the endospore stain in procedure?
Malachite green and heat | Safranin
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What stain is used for the flagella stain?
Carbol fuchsin

Microbiology Professor Berg (16 decks)

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