Microbiology Exam

What would this culture type be?

Articles in the autoclave should be pilled ontop of eachother

Media that gives colonies distinctive character

Staph infections usually result in...

Candida albicans describes Yeast

Colonies are surrounded by a green zone - incomplete hemolysis

What do we clean the puncture site with when preforming blood cultures?

The standardized inoculating loop size are 0.01mL and 0.001mL

Most pathogens grow in the presence of O2

Why do we incubate cultures?

Immunology tests are based on this reaction...

We use wet mount procedure to examine microorganism in living state

IgE appears in tears and saliva

Cilia prevents the entrance of pathogens by pushing out the pathogens

Another name for Kirby Bauer method is disc diffusion

Activated charcoal media will...

Can grow under either aerobic or anaerobic conditions

Blood cultures are used for...

Which factor would interfere with growth of a pathogen?

Bacteria detected in the absence of disease after dental work is called normal flora

Boils, Abscesses, Wound infections and food poisoning are all caused by

We heat fix the slides for the stain to fully penetrate the cell walls

Media to permit growth of most fastidious microorganisms

Which factor would inhibit the growth of a pathogen?

Immunoglobulins are produced by T lymphocytes

IgA is found in tears and saliva

RPR is the most widely used test for VDRL

Normal urine is sterile and clear

Psychrophilic bacteria grow best at ...

IgG is the immunoglobulin that crosses the placenta

Media that promotes gram neg and inhibits gram pos is called..

Name of the media that promotes growth of Neisseria species

During chemical disinfection always make sure the article isnt wet before putting it in the disinfectant

Which do we use to view microorganisms in their living state?