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Two main categories of Growth Requirements

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Physical and Chemical

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Cold loving microbes

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Psychrophiles

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Lowest temperature at which species will grow

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Minimum Growth Temperature

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Moderate temperature loving microbes

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Mesophiles

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Heat loving microbes

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Thermophiles

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More common than psychrophiles; optimum growth temperature at 20-30°C

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Psychotrophs

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Bacteria growing near neutral pH 6.5-7.5

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Neutrophiles

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Bacteria tolerant of acidity;thrives on pH 1-5

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Acidophiles

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Process of contraction or shrinkahe of protoplasm and causes cell water loss

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Plasmolysis

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Requires high salt concentration for growth

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Obligate Halophiles

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Do not require high salt concentration, but are able to grow at salt concentration higher than normal e.g. 2%—a concentration that inhibits the growth of many other organisms

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Facultative Halophiles

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Half the dry weight of cell

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Carbon

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14% and 4% of the total dry weight

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Nitrogen and Phosphorus respectively

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Gets most of their carbon source from their energy sources

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Chemoheterotrophs

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Structural backbone of all living matter

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Carbon

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Essential for the synthesis of nucleic acids

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Phosphorus

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Microbes that use molecular Oxygen (O2)

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Aerobes

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Organisms that require oxygen to live

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Obligate Aerobes

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Aerobic bacteria that has developed the ability to continue growing in the absence of oxygen

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Facultative aerobes

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A toxic form of Oxygen that is a normal molecular Oxygen boosted into a higher energy state

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Singlet Oxygen

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Superoxide anions; formed in small amounts during normal respiration

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Superoxide radicals

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Are bacteria unable to use molecular Oxygen for energy-yielding reaction

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Anaerobes

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Fermentative anaerobes; cannot use oxygen for growth

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Aerotoleranr anaerobes

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used to synthesize sulfur-containing amino acids and vitamins such as thiamine and biotin.

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Sulfur

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are complex polymer containing many times its dry weight in water.
Hydrogels
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thin slimy layer encasing baceria
Biofilms
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ability of bacteria to communicate and coordinate behavior
Quorum sensing
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nutrient material prepared for the growth of microorganisms in a laboratory
Culture medium
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Microbes introduced into a culture medium to initiate growth.
Inoculum
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microbes that grow and multiply in or on a culture medium
culture
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type of culture medium whose exact chemical composition is known.
Chemically-defined media
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A complex polysaccharide; used as solidifying agent for culture media in petri dishes, slants, and deeps
Agar
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Usually reserved for laboratory experimental work, or for the growth of autotrophic bacteria.
Complex Media
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shorter chains of amino acids
peptone
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complex medium in liquid form
nutrient broth
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type of growth media used to avoid anaerobes' exposure to oxygen
reducing media/Special media
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chemically combines with dissolved oxygen and deplete oxygen in the culture medium
Sodium thioglycolate
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Aerobic Bacteria; grow better at high-CO2 concentrations
Capnophiles
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additives suppress unwanted microbes and encourage desired microbes
Selective Medium
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changed in a recognizable manner by some bacteria; Makes it easy to distinguish colonies of Different microbes
Differential Medium
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Similar to selective media, but designed to increase the numbers of desired microbes to detectable levels. Encourages growth of the desired microbe
Enrichment Culture
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culture containing only one species or strain
Pure culture
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can be used for the short-term storage of bacterial cultures
Refrigeration
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rapid cooling of pure culture in suspension liquid
Deep freezing
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Freeze drying
Lyophilization
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bacteria normally reproduce through
Binary Fission
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time required for a cell to divide
generation time
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Phase of Growth; period of little or no cell division.
The Lag
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The phase of Growth; Cellular reproduction is most active during this period
The log
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the growth rate slows as the bacteria approach the carrying capacity,
Stationary
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the number of death exceeds the number of new cells formed
death phase
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The most frequently used method of measuring bacterial populations
Plate counts
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Method of choice for low counts
Filtration
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statistical estimating technique is based on the fact that the greater the number of bacteria in a sample, the more dilution is needed to reduce the density to the point at which no bacteria are left to grow in the tubes in a dilution series.
Most probable number (MPN)
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Microbes in a measured volume of a bacterial suspension are counted with the use of a specially designed slide (Petroff-Hausser Cell counter).
Direct Microscopic count
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Microbial contamination
Sepsis
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Absence of significant contamination
Asepsis
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Acquired during the process of receiving healthcare
Nosocomial
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Expected to destroy pathogens but do not achieve sterility
Antimicrobial chemicals
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Antimicrobial chemical used on objects
Disinfectant
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Antimicrobial chemicals used in living tissue
Antiseptic
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Removal of all microbial life
Sterilization
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Mechanical removal of microbes
Degerming
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Reduces microbes to safe public health levels
Sanitization
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Inhibits bacterial reproduction
Bacteriostatic
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Kills bacteria
Bactericidal
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Factors affecting the effectiveness of antimicrobial treatments
Number of microbes Environmental influences Time of exposure Microbial Characteristics
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lowest temperature at which all the microorganisms in a particular liquid suspension will be killed in 10 minutes
Thermal Death Point (TDP)
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minimal length time for all bacteria in a particular liquid culture to be killed at a given temperature
Thermal Death Time (TDT)
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D-value; is the time, in minutes, in which 90% of a population of bacteria at a given temperature.
Decimal reduction time (DRT)
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kills microorganisms primarily by coagulating proteins (denaturation)
Moist Heat sterilization
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preferred method of sterilization in health care environment
Autoclaving
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at what temperature will organisms will be killed
15psi @ 121°C

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