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lab definitions

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inoculation   intentional introduction of microbes onto nutrient agar or nutrient broth  
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inoculating loop   used to transfer bacteria from a solid medium to broth or from broth to broth  
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inoculating needle   is used to inoculate deep or pick up small isolated colonies from a solid  
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incubation period   time needed for bacteria to grow  
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turbid/turbidity   cloudiness that appears in clear nutrient broth to indicate the growth of bacteria presence of turbidity indicates the growth of bacteria  
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pellicle   "skin" that forms on the top of the broth used by aerobes to stay close to the surface to obtain oxygen they need  
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motility   ability to move demonstrated by an "inverted christmas tree" shape in the deep indication that bacteria moved away from the stab line into the agar  
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streak   horizontal movements in a back & forth fashion made on the petri plate to inoculate agar & spread out bacteria to allow for growth into colonies  
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broth culture   liquid medium used to grow large numbers of bacteria  
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agar slant   solid medium used to store pure cultures  
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agar deep   solid medium used to store anaerobic bacteria and or test for oxygen requirements  
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colony   population of cells that arises from one bacterial cell  
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aseptic technique   used in microbiology to exclude contaminants  
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sterilized   rendered free of all life usually accomplished by autoclave  
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streak plate   a mixed sample of bacteria is streaked over the surface of a solid medium many times  
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pure culture   one containing a single kind of microbe  
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