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Lab Practical
MIC206
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
10/09/2008

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Graham positive cell
Definition
Bacterial cell having a wall composed of a thick layer of peptidoglycan containing teichoic acids and retaining the crystal violet dye used in the Graham stain procedure, appearing purple.
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Graham negative cell
Definition
Bacterial cell having a wall composed of a thin layer of peptidoglycan, an external membrane of lipopolysaccharide, and a periplasmic space between; appears pink after the Graham staining procedure.
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Acid-fast stain
Definition
In microscopy, a differential stain used to penetrate waxy cell walls.
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What color are endospores when stained with a Schaeffer-Fulton stain?
Definition
Green
Term
Acid-fast/positive cells stain what color?
Definition
Red
Term
Non acid-fast cells/differential cells stain what color?
Definition
Blue
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Staphylococcus- cocci in clusters
Definition
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Cocci
Definition
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Streptococcus- cocci in chains
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Baccili- rod shaped prokaryotic cells
Definition
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spirals are complete or half-spirals. Vibrio cholerae is half spiral
Definition
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Graham-positive bacillus
Definition
Bacillus anthracis
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Graham-positive cocci
Definition
Staphylococcus aureus
Term
Graham-negative cocci
Definition
Neisseria gonorrhea
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Graham-negative bacillus
Definition
E. coli
Term
Spore-forming organism
Definition
Clostridium difficil
Term
acid-fast organism
Definition
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Term
organism that produces a capsule
Definition
Streptococcus pneumonia
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Entamoeba histolytica cyst
Definition
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Entamoeba hystolytica trophozoit
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Giardia lablia
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Trypanosoma vectors and diseases
Definition
Chagas disease-kissing bug
Leishmaniasis-sand fly
African sleeping sickness-tsetse fly
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Plasmodium in red cells- oil immersion
Definition
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Trichomonas- oil immersion
Definition
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Toxoplasma gondii- oil immersion
Definition
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Cryptosporidium- oil immersion
Definition
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Term
Aspergillus
Definition
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Penicillium
Definition
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Rhizopus
Definition
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Yeast in a wet mount
Definition
Bigger than bacteria. Budding
Term
Genus of a yeast
Definition
Candida or Sacchoromyces
Term
Why is Sabouraud Dextrose agar used to grow fungi?
Definition
the low acidity. pH 4.5-5.6
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How do you grow anaerobic organisms?
Definition
Gas pack jar, anaerobic incubators, sodium thioglycollate
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How do you grow microaerophilic organisms?
Definition
candle jar
Term
Schistosoma ova
Definition
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Taenia solium tapeworm egg
Definition
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Proglottid of tapeworm
Definition
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Ascaris lumbricoides roundworm
Definition
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Ascaris lumbricoides ova
Definition
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Necator americanus ova
Definition
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Enterobius vermicularis ova
Definition
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Trichuris ova
Definition
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Trichenella spiralis cysts in muscle
Definition
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