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Microbiology CH 6..
group 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pour plate | A method of inoculating a solid nutrient medium by mixing bacteria in the melter medium & pouring the medium into a petri dish to solidify |
| streak plate | A method of isolating a culture by spreading microorganisms over the suface of a solid culture medium |
| Spread plate | A plate count method in which inoculum is spread over the surface of a solid culture medium |
| Differential medium | A solid culture medium that makes it easier to distinguish colonies of desired organisms |
| Reducing Medium | A culture medium containing ingredients that will remove dissolved oxygen from the medium to allow for the growth of anaerobes |
| Enrichment culture | A culture medium used for preliminary isolation that favors the growth of a particular microorganism |
| Lyophilization | Freezing a substance and sublimating the ice in a vacuum also called freeze drying |
| Deep-freezing | Preservation of bacterial cultures at -50C to -95C |
| Chemostat | An apparatus, and a principle, for the continuous culture of bacterial populations in a steady state. |