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Microbiology

• Microbiology (علم الميكروبيولوجي): The science that studies microorganisms that are too small to be seen with the naked eye. These include bacteria, fungi, and viruses.
• Purpose of Microbiology:
  • Understand the nature of microorganisms.
  • Understand the impact of these organisms on humans (beneficial and harmful).
• Beneficial Microorganisms: Examples include those found in fermented milk products.
• Harmful Microorganisms: Include disease-causing microbes. Studying these is crucial for developing treatments.
• Sterilization (تعقيم): The complete removal or killing of all living microorganisms, including spores, from surfaces, instruments, and equipment.
• Sterilization Types:
  • Heat (dry and moist)
  • Chemical disinfectants
  • Radiation.

Heat Sterilization

• Dry Heat:
  • Direct Heating: Used for heat-resistant instruments like inoculation needles, surgical scalpels, and glass pipettes.
  • Hot Air Oven: Used to sterilize glassware and equipment.
• Moist Heat:
  • Boiling: Used to sterilize materials that can withstand 100°C (discontinued).
  • Autoclaving (استخدام جحمان): Used for most materials that can withstand high temperature and pressure, such as agar, glucose agar, and potato agar, under pressure exceeding boiling point.
• Advantages: Efficient and effective.
• Disadvantages: Damage to materials (some), longer treatment times (some)

Chemical Disinfectants

• Uses: Sterilizing surfaces
• Examples: Ethanol, phenol, mercury chloride, formaldehyde, chloroform.

Filters

• Mechanical Method: Used to remove microorganisms from liquids.
• Examples: Asbestos filters, porcelain filters, membrane filters, and glass filters.

Radiation

• Use: Used to sterilize heat-sensitive materials.
• Types: Ultraviolet (UV) radiation, gamma rays, and alpha or beta particles.
• Limitations: Limited penetration.

Importance of Sterilization

• Food preservation: To maintain food quality and nutritional value without altering it.
• Medical settings: Sterilizing equipment and operating rooms to prevent infections.
• Microbiology labs: To sterilize equipment and materials for microbial culture growth.

The compound Light Microscope

• Parts:
  • Mechanical Parts:
    • Tube
    • Arm
    • Base
    • Stage
    • Coarse Adjustment Knob
    • Fine Adjustment Knob
  • Optical Parts:
    • Eyepieces
    • Objectives (high-power, low-power, oil immersion)
    • Condenser
    • Mirror
• Magnification: Light microscopes magnify up to 1000x.
• Image: Real and magnified.
• Comparison with Electron Microscopes:
  • Electron microscopes use electromagnetic fields, providing a much higher magnification (up to 400,000x).
  • Electron microscopes produce 3D images.

Microbial Cultures

• Purpose:
  • Growing microorganisms
• Growth Media (بيئات):
  • Natural: Natural food sources. Examples include humans, animals, soil, and plants.
  • Artificial: Designed with chemicals. Examples include nutrient agar, potato agar, and glucose agar.
• Media Types:
  • Liquid (broth)
  • Solid (agar)
• Important Factors for Growth:
  • Carbon source
  • Nitrogen source
  • Minerals
  • pH
• Microbial Growth:
  • Different species have different optimal conditions.
  • Some need vitamins.
• Benefits of Microbial Cultures:
  • Cultivate and preserve microorganisms.
  • Study various microbial properties.
  • Examine their effects on materials.
  • Encourage useful products (antibiotics, vitamins, alcohols).

Microbial Growth in Nature

• Microorganisms are ubiquitous.
• Their presence varies with environmental factors (moisture, food, temperature, pH).
• Sterile conditions are in blood, healthy tissues, deep soil layers, active volcanoes, and sterile areas or tools.
• Acids and alkalis are lethal for microorganisms.

Microbial Culture Isolation (عزل البكتريا)

• Pure Cultures: Cultures with a single species of microorganism.
• Mixed Cultures: Cultures with multiple species.
• Techniques (طرق): Plate Streak Method.
• Purpose: Achieve a pure culture from a mixed culture.
• Method: Serial dilutions to gradually separate microorganisms.
• Materials: Petri dishes, nutrient agar, inoculation needles.

Staining Microorganisms (صبغ الميكروبات)

• Simple Stains (صبغ بسيط): Use of one dye.
• Compound Stains (صبغ مركب): Use of two or more dyes.
• Procedure: Prepare slide, stain, and observe under oil immersion lens
• Applications: To visualize microbial structures more easily.

Preparation of Bacterial Smears (تحضير الغشاء البكتيري)

• Steps: Clean slide, sterilize inoculation needle, take microorganism from culture, spread on slide, air dry, fix.
• Purpose: Visualize bacterial morphology.

Pure Bacterial Cultures

• Pure Culture (مزرعة نقية): Consists of a single microbial species
• Mixed Culture (مزرعة مختلطة): Consists of more than one microbial species.
• Methods (طرق): Plate streak method