MICROBIOLOGY Quiz Exercise 2 Flashcards
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in their natural state is difficult to see
Bacteria
They are colorless and transparent when observed under the microscope
Bacteria
How do you visualize bacteria in order to see them
Various stains
Dyes
used in microbiology that are salts and are acidic, basic, or neutral?
Stains
They are composed of positive and negative ions
Stains
it is one of the ions that impart color?
Chromophore
In acidic dyes it has a negative charge that reacts with the positively charged components of the cell, like the cytoplasm?
Chromophore
Acidic dyes are also referred to as?
cytoplasmic stains.
They have a chromophore that is positively charged and stains the negatively-charged components of the cell, like the nucleic acids in the nucleus
Basic dyes
What are basic dyes referred to?
nuclear stains
They are composed of consisting of mixtures of acidic and basic dyes?
Neutral stains
What are the the three kinds of staining techniques used to apply acidic and basic dyes?
Simple staining
differential staining
special staining
what are kinds of simple stains?
safranin
methylene blue
crystal violet
What is the use of simple stains?
to highlight the entire organism
Used to distinguish the reaction of bacteria to a particular stain
Differential stains
What are example of differential stains?
Gram stain
It is a stain that is very useful in microbiology
Gram stain
It classifies bacteria into either gram positive or gram negative?
Gram stain
They are used to color a specific part of a microorganism such as the endospore, flagellum capsule?
Special stains
Special stains are used to color a specific part of a microorganism such as?
endospore
flagellum
capsule
it is a film of the organisms on a clean slide is prepared, dried and fixed what is this called?
Smear
What are the materials used in exercise 2?
Slides
Inoculating loops
Alcohol lamps
Droppers
Gram’s iodine
What are the stains
Malachite Green
Safranin
Methylene Blue
Gentian Violet
What are the bacterial cultures used?
Staphylococcus aureus
Bacillus subtilis
Escherichia coli