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Microbio Lab 4
CU microbiology Lab Quiz 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| when determining plate counts, what are the number guidelines? | 30-300 |
| From step one of lab 27, know how to determine dilution factors. | when starting from a solution it is always even and starting from a solid mixture is odd numbers.... |
| From step four of lab 27, how do you accomplish this? | it equals the positive opposite. |
| 28, know how o measure the absorbance of a broth culture. | Shake it up and the absorbance measures the amount of light transmitted through a turbid broth culture. |
| 28, know the results step 2 which is dealing with the graph. | When E. Coli(underlined) is read it is in __X10^8 |
| 29, Know the medium used and the organism tested for. | medium = Synder test agar Organism= Streptococcus mutans (Underlined) |
| 30, WHy was each incubation period used? | to determin between psychrophile, mesophile, and thermophile |
| 30, Make sure you can do step 3... | measure standard plate count |
| 31, Be able to measure the MPN of a sample, The most probable numbers. (look at the bubbles) | look at a sheet and by reading the 15 different samples defined by 10mL 1mL and 0.1mL, and see how many are positive with Bubbles |
| 31, procedure of day 3: observe the plates to see if you can identify E.coli | The E. coli will be small with a green metallic sheen. |
| 31, introduction: The presumptive test, | is a positive production of gas iin lactose broth within 24 hours |
| 31, introduction: the confirmed test | will show typical coliform colonies on Eosin-Methylene Blue agar (EMB)plates. E. coli colonies usually are dark with a green metallic sheen. E. aerogenes colonies are larger and lighter in color. |
| 31, what is the standard procedure for testing for coliformsand why is it used? | the presumptive test, the confirmed test, and the completed test |
| 32, be able to interpret the results of an enterotube incubation. | Kovac's reagent, a drop, goes in the indole section. locate 5 digit number in the book. |