Lab Quiz 2 (Lab 3 & 4) Flashcards
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____ - The process of putting bacteria on a microscope slide for staining
Preparing a bacterial smear
When preparing a smear from a solid culture medium, a ____ is used to spread some of the bacteria into a drop of water on the microscope slide
Inoculating loop
When preparing a smear from a broth culture, the ____ is not needed
drop of water
The concentration of bacteria in ____ is usually much lower that can be achieved by putting bacteria from a plate into a drop of water
broth
____ adheres the bacteria to the glass of the microscope slide so that they are not washed off in the subsequent staining steps
Fixing
A ____ stain used a single colored dye
Simple
All bacteria will stain the same color using a ____ stain
simple
____ stain is useful when you want to see the shape or arrangement of bacteria
simple
In a ____ stain, an acidic dye is used to release H+ ions
negative
In a ____ stain, the stain adheres to the microscope slide around the bacteria
negative
In a ____ stain, the bacteria appear as white dots against a dark gray to black background
negative
A ____ stain used to determine the presence and position of endospores within or associated with cells of certain gram-positive bacteria
spore
In a spore stain, you use ____ as the stain
Malachite green
In a ____ stain, you place the slide over a steam bath
spore
The steps of a gram stain
- Primary stain (Crystal Violet)
- Mordant (Iodine)
- Decolorizer (Alcohol)
- Safranin
The ____ stain indicates the presence of the waxy type of lipid, mycolic acid
Acid fast
In an Acid Fast stain, ____ penetrates the cell wall, staining them a reddish-purple color
Carbolfuchsin
Acid Fast cells are ____, non-acid-fast cells are ____
Red; Blue
Bacillus Subtilis has ____
spores
Mycobacterium is ____
Acid Fast
The microbiota on the human body used to be referred to as ____, but microbiologists are trying to stop using this term since it refers to plant life and bacteria are not plants
normal flora
____, ____, and ____ are all sterile sites
Blood; The central nervous system; The major organs
Sterile sites are only colonized by microorganisms during ____
disease
Antibiotics can be ____, meaning they kill the bacteria
Bactericidal