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Microbiology
Undergraduate 3
06/16/2012

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Term
uses biochemical and immunology tests, genetic analysis and microscopic morphology.
Definition
identification
Term
OBSERVE MACROSCOPIC GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS AND MICROSCOPIC MORPHOLOGY
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INSPECTION
Term
GROWTH OF DISCRETE COLONIES ON AGAR
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ISOLATION
Term
PROVIDES THE IDEAL ENVIRONMENT FOR GROWTH
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INCUBATION
Term
THE SAMPLE/SPECIMEN IS INTRODUCED TO THE APPROPRIATE MEDIA
Definition
INOCULATION
Term
THE ELECTRONS PASS THROUGH A SHIN SECTION OF THE SPECIMEN
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TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
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VISIBLE LIGHT PASSES THROUGH THE SPECIMEN; USES SEPARATE OBJECT AND OCULAR LENSES
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COMPOUND LIGHT MICROSCOPE
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DETAILS BECOME VISIBLE BECAUSE OF DIFFERENCES IN THE REFRACTIVE INDEX OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CELL.
Definition
PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPE
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VISIBLE LIGHT IS SCATTERED AFTER STRIKING THE SPECIMEN, AND THE SPECIMEN IS VISIBLE AGAINST A DARKENED BACKGROUND.
Definition
DARKFIELD MICROSCOPE
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A SPECIAL MICROSCOPE USING ULTRAVIOLET ILLUMINATION.
Definition
FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE
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THE ELECTRONS STRIKE THE SURFACE OF THE SPECIMEN AND SECONDARY ELECTRONS LEAVING THE SURFACE ARE VIEWED ON A TV SCREEN, PROVIDES 3-D SURFACE IMAGE OF OBJECTS.
Definition
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
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MSA
Definition
DIFFERENTIAL AND SELECTIVE
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CHOCOLATE AGAR AND THAYER-MARTIN MEDIUM
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ENRICHED AND SELECTIVE
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EMB AGAR
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SELECTIVE AND DIFFERENTIAL
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SABAROUND'S AGAR
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SELECTIVE MEDIA
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TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH/AGAR
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GENERAL PURPOSE
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STUART'S AND AMIE'S MEDIA
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TRANSPORT MEDIA
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SHEEP BLOOD AGAR
Definition
DIFFERENTIAL AND ENRICHED
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BHI (BRAIN HEART INFUSION BROTH)
Definition
DIFFERENTIAL AND ENRICHED
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ADHERES BEST TO BACTERIA, WHICH HAVE A NEGATIVE CHARGE, BECAUSE THE COLOR MOLECULE HAS A POSITIVE CHARGE
Definition
BASIC DYES (+CHARGE)
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USED IN DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS
Definition
ACID-FAST STAIN
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INVOLVES THE USE OF A NEGATIVE STAIN MADE FROM INDIA INK PARTIVLES
Definition
ACIDIC DYES (-CHARGE)
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USES MALACHITE GREEN AND APPLICATION OF STEAM
Definition
ENDOSPORE STAIN
Term
REFLECTS THE CHEMICAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BACTERIAL CELL WALLS; DIFFERENTIAL STAIN
Definition
GRAM STAIN
Term
CONTAINS ORGANIC SUBSTANCES AND COMPLEX GROWTH FACTORS, SUCH AS BLOOD
Definition
ENRICHED MEDIA
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DESIGNED TO SUPPRESS THE GROWTH OF UNWANTED BACTERIA AND TO ENCOURAGE GROWTH OF DESIRED MICROBES
Definition
SELECTIVE MEDIA
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INGREDIENTS SUCH AS SODIUM THIOGLYCOLATE CHEMICALLY COMBINED WITH DISSOLVED OXYGEN SUPPORTS GROWTH OF ANAEROBIC BACTERIA
Definition
GENERAL PURPOSE MEDIA
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NUTRIENTS ARE DIGESTS OR EXTRACTS; EXACT CHEMICAL COMPOSITION VARIES LITTLE FROM BATCH TO BATCH
Definition
COMPLEX (NONSYNTHETIC) MEDIA
Term
GROWS MOST NONFASTIDIOUS BACTERIA
Definition
GENERAL PURPOSE MEDIA
Term
THE GROWTH OF SEVERAL BACTERIAL TYPES ARE READILY DISTINGUSHED FROM EACH OTHER BASED ON COLOR CHANGES IN THE MEDIA, GROWTH OF DIFFERENT COLORED COLONIES. ECT.
Definition
DIFFERENTIAL MEDIA
Term
IN 1668, DEMONSTRATED THAT MAGGOTS APPEARED ONLY IN DECAYING MEAT THAT HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO FLIES
Definition
FRANCESCO REDI
Term
INTRODUCED THE CONCEPT THAT LIVING CELLS ARISE FROM OTHER LIVING CELLS, BIOGENESIS RABIES VACCINE
Definition
LOUIS PASTUER
Term
VIEWED AND SKETCHED ANIMALCULES WITH HIS SIMPLE MICROSCOPE
Definition
ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOCK
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A SURGEON WHO USED CARBOLIC ACID TO CONTROL WOUND INFECTIONS. ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE
Definition
JOSEPH LISTER
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DEMONSTRATED THAT INFECTIONS IN OBSTETRICAL WARDS COULD BE MINIMIZED BY DISINFECTING THE HANDS OF PHYSICIANS
Definition
IGNAZ SEMMELWEIZ
Term
USING ANTHRAX AS A MODEL, DEMONSTRATED THAT A SPECIFIC MICROORGANISM IS THE CAUSE OF A SPECIFIC DISEASE, POSTULATES FORMED
Definition
ROBERT KOCH
Term
ORIGINATE OUR SYSTEM OF SCIENTIFIC NOMENCLATURE
Definition
CARLOUS LINNAEUS (CARL VON LINNE)
Term
DEMONSTRATED HEATING DECREASED MICROBES BUT DID NOT RENDER COMPLETE STERILITY
Definition
JOHN TYNDALL
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DISCOVERED BACTERIAL ENDOSPORES WERE HEAT RESISTANT
Definition
FERDINARD COHN
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DEVELOPED A CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM THAT GROUPS ORGANISMS BY THEIR CELLULAR ORGANIZATION
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CARL WOESE
Term
DISCOVERED PENICILLIN GROWING ON CULTURE PLATES INHIBITED THE GROWTH OF BACTERIA
Definition
ALEXANDER FLEMING
Term
WORKED WITH BACTERIAL CULTURE TECHNIQUES, TB AND ANTHRAX MICROBES
Definition
ROBERT KOCH
Term
ALSO CALLED BLUE GREEN ALGAE; MAY FIX NITROGEN FROM AIR.
Definition
CYANOBACTERIA
Term
PHOTOSYNTHETIC EUCARYOTES
Definition
ALGAE
Term
EUCARYOTES CLASSIFIED PRIMARILY BY THEIR MEANS OF LOCOMOTION
Definition
PROTOZOA
Term
SOURCE OF ANTIBIOTIC, INCLUDES MOLDS AND YEASTS
Definition
FUNGI
Term
GENERAL NAME FOR A ROD-SHAPED BACTERIUM
Definition
BACILLUS
Term
GENERAL NAME FOR A SPHERICAL BACTERIUM
Definition
COCCUS
Term
STUDIES PROTECTIVE SUBSTANCES AND CELLS PRODUCED IN RESPONSE TO INFECTION
Definition
IMMUNOLOGY
Term
The branch of botany dealing with algae.
Definition
PHYCOLOGY
Term
THE STUDY OF PARASITES AND PARASITIC ORGANISMS.
Definition
PARASITOLOGY
Term
STUDY OF FUNGI
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MYCOLOGY
Term
STUDY OF VIRUSES
Definition
VIROLOGY
Term
STUDY OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MICROBES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Definition
ECOLOGY
Term
STUDY AND CONTROL THE SPREAD OF DISEASES
Definition
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Term
STUDY OF BACTERIA
Definition
BACTERIOLOGY
Term
microscope used to view objects smaller than 0.2um, such as viruses
Definition
electron microscope
Term
microscope used to view heat fixed stained bacterial cells
Definition
bright field or compound
Term
microscope used to view microorganisms that cdan't be heated and or stained by standard methods
Definition
dark field
Term
microscope to view the internal structure of living organisms
Definition
phase-contrast
Term
microscope that scans the surface features of an object
Definition
scanning electron microscope
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