Study Guide Pictures for Practical 1

Motility Test Media

bulletWhich tube(s) contain motile organisms?
bulletWhat does the tetrazolium salts do in the media?
David Stuchkus
 

Tube 1

Tube 2

Tube 3

Microscope

bulletName the structures with a colored dot on them:
Green
Blue
Red
Yellow
Orange
bulletIf I use the oil immersion lens to view a cell with this microscope, what total magnification would I get?
bulletDescribe 3 things you have to do before you put the scope away.
bulletWhat other structure can you identify in this photo?
David Stuchkus

Streak Plate

bulletIs this a good streak plate?
bulletWhat could the individual who streaked this plate do to improve their streak plate technique?
bulletIs this a pure culture?
bulletHow many isolated colonies do you see?
David Stuchkus

Streak Plate

bulletIs this a good streak plate?
bulletIs this a pure culture?
bulletHow many isolated colonies do you see?
bulletAre there any fungi growing on this plate?
bulletWhat could you do to get a pure culture of the red organism?
David Stuchkus

Thomas M. Terry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn., USA

Neal R. Chamberlain, Department of Microbiology, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, Mo., USA

Gram Positive Bacilli

Christopher J. Woolverton, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA

 
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