Practical Flashcards
(42 cards)
Aspergiullus
Coccidioides

Rhizopus
penicillium

baker’s yeast sexual
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
What is the stain used in lab for molds
Lactophenol cotton Blue
Domain and Kingdom of Yeast molds
Fungi and Eukaryotic
Name of the selective medium for molds?
Sabouraud agar
Has a low pH and high sugar centration
mycoses
An opportunistic disease when a host in immucompromised from a fungi.
Endospore Stain Types/Example
1) Crystal violet method negative stain for enospores
2) Schaeffer-Fulton Method -endospores-green
Acid-fast Examples/Technique
Ziehl Neelsen techique
Acid Fast - Pink - Mycobacterium smegmatis
Non Acid Fast - Blue- staphylococcus epidermidis
Stain Capsule Technique/example
Capsuel Stain/Special Strain(India Ink)
Negative stain for capsule
Capsule - clear
Cells - red
Klebsialla pneumoniae
Flagella
Leifson’s technique/ Flagella Stain
Specal stain
Mordant adheres to flagella
rolling drop slide
Yellow flagella
EX. Proteus vulgaris
All rods are motile except
Klebsilla pnemoniae
All Coccus are non motille except
Sporosarcina Ureae

Plasmodial Slime Mold

Crystal Violet
Endospore
Endospores colorless but highligheted in purple

Schaeffer Fulton method/ endospore
endorspores stained malachite green

Acid fast
Ziehle Neelsen Technique
breaks down mycolic acid(waxy lipid) - pink
nonacid fast as blue cocci
Disinfectant
Used on objects
exampole Lysol and Bleach
Antiseptic
Is a disinfectant that is nontoxic and can be used on skin and mucous membranes,
Like Isopropyl alcohol and Hydrogen peroxide
How does Ultraviolet radiation control growth
Its a form of electromagnetic radiation 10-400nm that damages microorganisms DNA by creating thymine dimers which disort DNA.
Can be fixed by light and dark repair
Coliforms
All aerobic and facultative anaerobic Gram negative rods which produve acid and gas from lactose fermentation in 48 hours at 35 C
MPN
Most probable Numer