Q: Illustrate the step by step method of preparing culture media.
A: Introduction Culture medium:- It is a liquid or gel designed for specific mixtures of nutrients and…
Q: Identify and describe the 4 wet-heat methods that are used to control microbial growth.
A: The different methods used for controlling the growth of microbes by moist heat are boiling,…
Q: Define agar.
A: A dried jelly-like substance called agar, commonly referred to as agar-agar, is made from the red…
Q: Define sterilization in terms of microbiology.
A: Sterilization is a process by which all the possible living forms like bacteria, fungi, protozoa and…
Q: Why is the culture medium referred to as a highly enriched laboratory soil?
A: Culture medium is referred to as highly enriched laboratory soli because it provides all the…
Q: egorise the microbial growth into four phases. In your own words, briefly describe eac
A: An organism that is microscopic is known as the microorganisms. These are tiny , small organisms…
Q: List the two main types of culture media and how each differs and the types of microbes which grow…
A: Culture media contains all the elements which the bacteria needs for growth and is not selective in…
Q: Describe the term resistance and biofilm related to microbiology.
A: The ecosystem is composed of species such as plants, animals, and microbes. Microorganisms, which…
Q: What is the primary use of agar deep, agar slant, agar plate? explain
A: Primary use of agar deep : • Agar deeps are used to grow bacteria which require less oxygen . And…
Q: Explain the mechanism of action of several of the physical and chemical agents employed to control…
A: Microbes such as bacteria, viruses, worms may act as nuisance causing various diseases in plants,…
Q: Define a pure culture.
A: A microbiological culture, or microbial culture, is a strategy for duplicating microbial life forms…
Q: discuss the significance of the different aseptic techniques utilized in maintaining sterility of…
A: The laboratory that carries out growth of prokaryotic cells or eukaryotic cells in physiological…
Q: Calculate the growth rate and generation time of a culture that increases in the exponential phase…
A: Growth refers to changes in viable cell count as compared to time. The time it takes for bacteria to…
Q: Compare and contrast the methods used to control microbial growth in daily life, healthcare…
A: Microbiology is the study of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, archaea, fungi and…
Q: Differentiate the various types of culture media for the growth of microorganisms: synthetic,…
A: Culture media, also known as growth media, are specific mixtures of nutrients and other substances…
Q: Calculate the growth rate and generation time of a culture that increases in the exponential phase…
A: The growth of bacteria over a period of time is represented by a growth curve. This curve tells the…
Q: The factors for the manipulation of culture medium?
A: Culture medium It is also called a growth medium. It is a solid, liquid, or semi-solid medium that…
Q: CTSA growth medium designed
A: Under the regulated conditions of the laboratory when microbial cells are allowed to grow and…
Q: Define differential media, selective media, and enriched media.
A: Every microbiologist has to grow bacteria eventually in the lab for the research purpose. Bacterial…
Q: Enumerate and describe briefly the components of a culture medium and indicate their uses
A: Culture medium is a preparation for the growth or cultivation of microbes in vitro and includes…
Q: Describe the step by step method of preparing culture media in microbiology.
A: Culture media are the media or the substrate used to grow microorganisms. There are different types…
Q: What makes a culture media as SELECTIVE? Explain and provide examples of selective type of culture…
A: A culture medium or growth medium is a substance that is used to grow the microorganisms under…
Q: Compare and contrast moist and dry heat methods of microbe control and give 2 examples of each.
A: The growth of microbes in an inanimate object can lead to the contamination of the particular…
Q: Which of the following medium is considered an enriched medium? a. LB b. T-soy c. Nutrient d.…
A: A growth or culture medium is solid, liquid or semi solid in nature that is used to support the…
Q: Outline the different physical and chemical methods of sterilization. Briefly describe how each…
A: Sterilization is the process that eliminates all forms of life either by deactivating, killing, or…
Q: Why do we study how to control microbial growth? Give concrete examples wherein our understanding of…
A: Introduction :- Bacterial growth occurs when a bacterium divides into two daughter cells, a process…
Q: Explain why it is essential that bacteria cultures be sterilized in an autoclave.
A: The microbial cultures are grown in the laboratory so as to multiply them or increase the number of…
Q: Give a brief but critical discussion about microbial growth in natural environments and how it…
A: Living creatures reproduce and grow. Microbes become metabolically active and proliferate when they…
Q: Taking microbial cells out of a stationary phase culture and putting them into a fresh, sterile…
A: Growth in higher organisms refers to a rise in size and volume, whereas growth in bacteria refers to…
Q: Propose a confirmatory procedure that will determine if the microbial growth recovered from canned…
A: A microbe is a living entity that is so tiny that it cannot be seen with the naked eye. Microbiology…
Q: Compare and contrast the action of alcohols, halogens, and oxidizing agents in controlling…
A: Alcohol is used as disinfectant for centuries.Alcohol is extremely effective in fight against single…
Q: Describe the five phases of a microbial growth curve observed when microbes are grown in a batch…
A: Introduction: Bacteria is unicellular prokaryotic organism that can survive in any kind of…
Q: A fastidious organism must be grown on what type of medium? a. general-purpose medium c. synthetic…
A: The medium or the growth medium has essential nutrients for the growth of the microbes. There…
Q: Describe the five phases of a microbial growth curve observed when growing microbes are grown in…
A: The bacterial growth curve represents the number of live cells in a bacterial population over a…
Q: What compounds or chemicals might be added to a medium to make it selective?
A: Culture medium or growth medium is a liquid, solid, or semisolid designed to support the growth of…
Q: Differentiate between defined and complex culture media
A: To differentiate: Chemically defined and complex culture media
Q: What are the culture media that can be used for cultivating non-specific and specific…
A: A microbiological culture medium is a substance that promotes the growth, support, and survival of…
Q: Describe methods used to grow microbes anaerobically and under high CO2 conditions
A: An anaerobic organism does not require oxygen for its growth. It may react negatively or may even…
Q: In a tabulated form, differentiate the physical and chemical methods of sterilization.
A: The microbiological technique that is performed for the removal, killing, or deactivation of…
Q: “Salt agar” is a type of ______ medium for culturing some microbes and not others
A: Salt agar encourages the growth of certain bacteria while inhibits others growth in the same medium.…
Q: List examples of skin microbes and the types of media used to grow and isolate the microbes. Explain…
A: The skin micro flora:These are also known as skin microbes. These are the microbes or the…
Q: Give two reasons for why heat fixing is used? Adherence of bacterial cells to the slide…
A: Haet fixing is the procedure in gram staining of the bacteria. This has to be done so that the…
Q: discuss the limitations in using the light microscope to study microbial communities.
A: Microscope is the most basic and useful instrument used in the microbiology laboratory. It is…
Q: Why is the sterilization important in healthcare system and can you give briefly explain?
A: Medical sterilization mainly makes use of three important terms such as sterilization, disinfection…
Q: Write the limitations of sterilization by Dry heat?
A: The dry heat sterilization technique includes the removal or killing the microorganism and require…
Q: Why is it easier for microorganisms to grown on plastic surface rather than wood?
A: Answer- Wood does have natural antibacterial properties. The organism of bacterium like- Ideonell…
Q: Explain what features of endospores make them so resistant to microbial control, and how sterilizing…
A: Controlling microbial growth entails inhibiting or preventing the growth of microorganisms. This…
Explain the significance of aseptic culture technique in growing microorganisms.
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