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Microbiology Lab
Micro Lab Test 5
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Undergraduate 3
04/03/2012

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Term
What does a plate count determine?
Definition
The concentration of bacterial cells in a broth culture of bacteria
Term
How can a concentration of bacteria cells in a broth culture be enumerated?
Definition
plating a known volume of cells on agar media
Term
1 bacteria cell = ___ bacteria colonies
1 bacteria cell = ___ colony forming unit (CFU)
Definition
one; one
Term
What is the volume being transferred from one tube to another or from a tube to a plate?
Definition
sample (aliquot)
Term
What is the volume of liquid in broth per dilution blanks prior to making a transfer?
Definition
Diluent
Term
What is a series of controlled transfers down a line of dilution blanks?
Definition
Serial Dilution
Term
What is the available count range for determining the CFU?
Definition
30-300
Term
What is the equation for determining the CFU/mL?
Definition
(# of bacteria colonies counted)/(vol of cells plated)(FDF of sample tube)
Term
What is the Multiple Tube Fermentation Test also known as?
Definition
Most Probable Number (MPN)
Term
What does the MPN test detect?
Definition
Number of coliforms in a 100mL sample; rough estimate of E.coli
Term
What are the three medias used in the Multiple Tube Fermentation Method?
Definition
Lauryl Tryptose Broth (LTB), Brilliant Green Lactose Bile (BGLB), and EC (E.coli) Broth.
Term
What are the two main ingredients in the LTB?
Definition
Lactose and Lauryl sulfate
Term
What are the ingredients in BGLB?
Definition
Lactose and 2% Bile
Term
What are the ingredients in E.Coli Broth?
Definition
Lactose and bile
Term
What is the temperature of incubation for an E.coli Broth?
Definition
45.5C
Term
What type of media is the Endo Agar?
Definition
Selective and Differential
Term
Describe the organism inhibited by Endo Agar.
Definition
Gram positive due to sodium sulfite and basic fuchin dye
Term
What are the results for an Endo Agar that is dark pink or red or has a green metalic sheen?
Definition
Organism ferments lactose (coliforms produced)
Term
What are the results for an Endo Agar that is colorless or light pink?
Definition
Non-coliform
Term
What is the acceptable ratio for a coliform containing substance?
Definition
1 coliform per 100mL
Term
What is considered a countable coliform plate?
Definition
20-80
Term
What is the size of the microorganisms trapped by the microcope membrane filter?
Definition
0.45 micrometers
Term
How many known species of fungi are there?
Definition
100,000
Term
How many of the known species are pathogenic to humans and animals?
Definition
200
Term
What are the two categories of fungi that describe their methods of energy harvesting?
Definition
chemoheterotrophs and absorptive heterotrophs
Term
Fungi are _____ (decompose dead organic matter) or _____ on plants and animals
Definition
saprophytic; parasites
Term
What is the study of fungi?
Definition
mycology
Term
What is secreted in order for fungi to degrade organic matter to use the nutrients as an energy and carbon source?
Definition
exoenzymes
Term
What are the two main categories/types of fungi?
Definition
Yeasts (unicellular) and Fungi (Multicellular and Filamentous)
Term
Fungi are nonmotile eukaryotes what are made of what?
Definition
Chitin (NOT cellulose)
Term
Fungi decompose dead plant matter by producing ____ and degrading _____
Definition
cellulases; lignin
Term
What are fungi that have both yeasts and molds in their lifecycles called?
Definition
Dimorphic Fungi
Term
What are filamentous fungi that produce fleshy reproductive structures? Give three examples.
Definition
Macrofungi
ex. mushrooms, puffballs, and shelf fungi
Term
Dimorphic Fungi are pathogenic/nonpathogenic
Definition
pathogenic (temperature dependent)
Term
At what temperatures do yeasts and molds of dimorphic fungi grow?
Definition
Yeasts: 37C
Mold: 25C
Term
What are individual fungal filaments known as? What are they collectively known as?
Definition
Hyphae-individual
mycelium-collective
Term
What are the two types of hyphae?
Definition
vegetative (obtain nutrients)
reproductive/aerial (bear spores)
Term
Pigmented fungi are called what?
Definition
dematiaceous
Term
What are fungi called that have hyphae consisting of uninucleate cell units with walls that separate adjacent cell?
Definition
Septate
Term
What are fungi called that have hyphae that are continuous cells that contain numerous nuclei?
Definition
aseptate/coenocytic
Term
What class of Fungi contains yeasts and molds and has aseptate hyphae?
Definition
Class Zygomycota
Term
In the class Zygomycota, spores are produced by specialized hyphae called ___ that serve as stalk on which a ___ contains the spores.
Definition
sporangiophores
Sporangium
Term
What do the sexual spores form that are produced when two different mating types produce specialized hyphae that fuse together?
Definition
zygospore
Term
What is the common name for the Class Zygomycota?
Definition
True Fungi
Term
What are two examples of the class Zygomycota?
Definition
Rhizopus (common black bread mold)
Pilobolus (mold on horse dung)
Term
What class of Fungi contains both molds and yeast and has septate hyphae?
Definition
Class Ascomycota
Term
What are the specialized hyphae in the Class Ascomycota called?
Definition
conidiophores
Term
In the class Ascomycota, the zygote undergoes meiosis in the ___ or sac to produce ___
Definition
ascus; ascospores
Term
What is an array of asci oriented in elaborate structures called?
Definition
Ascocarp
Term
What is the common name for the class Ascomycota?
Definition
Sac Fungi
Term
What are four examples of the class Ascomycota?
Definition
Truffles, Morel,Peziza repanda, Claviceps purpurea
Term
What is the yeast and class that is responsible for the production of alcohol?
Definition
Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Class Ascomycota
Term
What class of Fungi include mostly molds that have septate hyphae?
Definition
Class Basidiomycota
Term
In the class Basidiomycota, the fusion of two nuclei from different mating pairs occurs within the club-shaped hyphae called ____.
Definition
Basidium
Term
In the class Basidiomycota, what two things refer to the fleshy above ground mushroom, puffball, or shelf fungi?
Definition
Fruiting body of the mycelium or basidiocarp
Term
What is the common name for the class Basidiomycota?
Definition
Club Fungi
Term
What are four examples of the class Basidiomycota?
Definition
Stinkhorn, Toadstool, puffballs, shelf fungi
Term
What class of fungi have septate hyphae and reproduce asexually (conidiospores) and resemble ascomycetes?
Definition
Class Deuteromycota
Term
What are two examples of the class Deuteromycota?
Definition
Penicillium, Aspergillus
Term
Unpigmented fungi are called what?
Definition
hyaline/moniliaceous fungi
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