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what was the purpose of incubating the uninoculated plates?
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to observe jf bacteria grows. we can knkw if the plate was contaminated at any time in anyway by seeing if bacteria grows in incubation
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three important factors typically included when describing bacterial growth
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incubation temperature, time, type of medium
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failure to add iodine to gram stain
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cells will remain translucent
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Failure to add decolorizer to gram staib
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both gram + and gram - remain colored
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failure to add the safranin to gram stain
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the gram - cannot be distinguished from gram +
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are acid fast negative cells stained, and by what?
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yes by carbolfuchsin
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what benefit are capsules to cells?
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adhesion, protection of cell, prevents against phagocytosis
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what is the purpose of emulsifying the sample in serum in capsule stain?
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for cells to stick to the slide instead of heat fixing
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what does a positive result for endoscope stain indicate about the organism?
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the cell has the ability to produce spores, it is very resilient and tough
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for a given antibiotic, is there a difference in susceptibility between gram + and gram - bacteria?
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gram - is less susceptible, more resistant, than gram +
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zone of inhibition in a gram - bacteria, more resistant
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smaller zone of inhibition
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how does antibiotic get from the disk into the agar?
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it diffuses from disk to agar
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what is the general trend between bacterial death and UV exposure?
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longer exposure = less growth that is seen