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| a staining procedure for identifying bacteria with a waxy cell wall |
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| bacteria that grows best in the presence of oxygen are referred to as aerobes |
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| a gelatin-like substance derived from the seaweed that give the medium to its consistency |
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| those that grow best in the absence of oxygen are referred to anaerobe |
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| rod shaped, responsible for a wide variety of infections including gastroenteritis, tuberculosis, pneumonia, whooping cough, UTIs, botulism, and tetanus |
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| a spherical round or ovoid. Can be divided into 3 types . |
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| a more definitive identification of the microorganism, in which a sample of the specimen is placed in or on a substance that allows microorganisms to grow |
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| this procedure involves culturing a specimen and then testing the isolated bacterium's susceptibility to certain antibiotics |
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| organisms that can grow in either environment are referred to as facultative |
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| bacteria that lose the purple color and pick up the red color of the safranin are gram-negative |
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| these bacteria appear blue or violet |
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| the most common staining procedure in use today is the Gram stain, a method of staining that differentiates bacteria according to the chemical composition of their cell walls |
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| a substance that can intensify or deepen the response of a specimen to a stain . |
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| spiral shaped, spirilla are responsible for infections like syphilis and lyme disease |
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| a stain is a solution of a dye or group of dyes that imparts a color to microorganism |
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| is comma shaped, vibrios are responsible for diseases like cholera and some cases of food poisoning. |
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