Lab Quiz 2
(1.4, 1.5, 2.2, 2.3. 2.4 & notes)
How can you verify the purity of a colony? If mixed what could you do to purify it?
Is it easier to isolate bacteria in liquid or solid media? What technique would you use?
What are the 5 common categories for describing bacteria?
What are the 5 I’s?
Why are descriptors different for agar and slants?
Why is a slant better than a plate for growing cultures?
Why is a plate better than a slant for isolation?
Name at least 3 non-physical descriptions?
Can you articulate the procedure for aseptic transfer from broth/broth, broth/slant, or slant/broth?
What are the steps for a quadrant streak?
When would you use
A. Quadrant streak plate
B. Zig zag pattern
What categories of media does blood agar fit in?
Explain what a medium that is both selective and differential will do? Examples?
Define the term colony?
Define the term aseptic?
Define fastidious?
What were reasons for no growth or growth only in the first or second quadrant?
What is morphology?
During inspection you can have three types of cultures what are they?
What are some bacteria morphology?
What does streptococci mean?
What does staphylococci mean?