A certain medium has the following composition: Glucose                                   15 g Yeast extract                           5 g Peptone                                   5 g KH2PO4                                 2 g Distilled water                        1,000 ml Tell what chemical category this medium belongs to, and explain why this is true. How could you convert Staphylococcus medium (table 3.6A) into a nonsynthetic medium?   a. Name four categories that blood agar fits. Alpha hemolysis Beta hemolysis Gamma Alpha prime Name four differential reactions that TSIA shows. Observe figure 3.15. Suggest what causes the difference in growth pattern between nonmotile and motile bacteria. Explain what a medium that is both selective and differential does, using figure 3.18. a. What kind of medium might you make to selectively grow a bacterium that lives in the ocean? MSA Mannitol salt agar

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. A certain medium has the following composition:

Glucose                                   15 g

Yeast extract                           5 g

Peptone                                   5 g

KH2PO4                                 2 g

Distilled water                        1,000 ml

  1. Tell what chemical category this medium belongs to, and explain why this is true.
  2. How could you convert Staphylococcus medium (table 3.6A) into a nonsynthetic medium?

 

  1. a. Name four categories that blood agar fits.
  • Alpha hemolysis
  • Beta hemolysis
  • Gamma
  • Alpha prime
  1. Name four differential reactions that TSIA shows.
  2. Observe figure 3.15. Suggest what causes the difference in growth pattern between nonmotile and motile bacteria.
  3. Explain what a medium that is both selective and differential does, using figure 3.18.
  4. a. What kind of medium might you make to selectively grow a bacterium that lives in the ocean?
  • MSA Mannitol salt agar
  1. One that lives in the human stomach?
  2. Why are intestinal bacteria able to grow on media containing bile?
  3. Go back to page 6 and observe the six micrographs in figure 1.3.

See if you can tell what kind of microscope was used to make the photograph based on magnification and appearance.

  1. Could the Gram stain be used to diagnose the flu? Why or why not?
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