Microbiology and Food Preservation
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What is the minimum temperature to which the medium should be cooled?

  • 60 °C
  • 45 °C
  • 50 °C (correct)
  • 55 °C
  • Why is it necessary to flame the lip of the bottle whenever the lid is replaced?

  • To speed up the cooling process
  • To remove excess moisture
  • To prevent contamination (correct)
  • To add antibiotics to the medium
  • What is the purpose of incubating the plates at 37 °C for 48 hours?

  • To dry out excess moisture
  • To promote the growth of microbes
  • To cool the medium further
  • To check for sterility and dry out excess moisture (correct)
  • What should be done if there is growth of microbes on the surface of any of the agar plates?

    <p>Discard the particular agar plate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How much of the plate surface should be covered with the medium?

    <p>One-half</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of using disinfectants or sterilization methods in laboratories?

    <p>To kill or inactivate microorganisms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary consideration when preparing a culture medium for the cultivation of a microorganism?

    <p>The nutritional requirements of the microorganism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between a synthetic medium and a defined synthetic medium?

    <p>A synthetic medium has unknown chemical composition, while a defined synthetic medium has known specific kinds and amounts of chemical substances</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a culture medium that is used to isolate and purify microorganisms from a mixed culture?

    <p>Selective medium</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a liquid culture medium?

    <p>Broth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the effect of high concentration of sugar or salt on cells?

    <p>They lose water</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of soaps and detergents in chemical methods?

    <p>To remove microbes, oils, and dirt</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a disinfectant?

    <p>It should kill all forms of life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of alkali in soap?

    <p>To destroy microorganisms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary use of chlorine?

    <p>To kill pathogens in water</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary use of phenol derivatives?

    <p>To disinfect skin, instruments, and furniture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is it necessary to heat the entire metal inoculating loop in the flame?

    <p>To kill any bacteria that may be present on the loop</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of streaking the agar plate in quadrants?

    <p>To ensure that the bacteria are evenly distributed across the agar plate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of an enriched growth medium?

    <p>To promote the growth of a particular organism by providing essential nutrients</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why should the agar plate be opened only minimally when streaking the bacteria?

    <p>To prevent contamination from other sources</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why are agar plates incubated upside down?

    <p>To reduce bacterial contamination and prevent water condensation from accumulating on the lid</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of heating the red blood cells to 56 °C in chocolate agar?

    <p>To lyse the red blood cells and provide growth factors for fastidious bacteria</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of autoclaving the agar preparation?

    <p>To sterilize the agar preparation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of cooling the inoculating loop before picking the inoculum?

    <p>To prevent the loop from burning the agar</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of bacteria can be grown on chocolate agar?

    <p>Fastidious respiratory bacteria</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of adding distilled water to the dehydrated medium?

    <p>To dissolve the agar powder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the temperature and pressure used for autoclaving?

    <p>121 °C, 15 psi</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Enrichment Media

    • Enrichment media are used to promote the growth of a particular organism by providing essential nutrients and minimizing the growth of normal competitors
    • Examples include chocolate agar, which is a variant of blood agar plate, containing red blood cells that have been lysed by heating to 56 °C
    • Used for growing fastidious (fussy) respiratory bacteria, such as Haemophilus influenza, which require growth factors like NAD and hematin found inside erythrocytes

    Agar Preparation

    • Weight the dehydrated medium (containing agar in powder form) and add distilled water, stirring to break up clumps of powder
    • Pour into a glass bottle with a funnel, cap loosely, and label the bottle
    • Autoclave for sterilization (121 °C, 15 psi, 15-20 min) and then remove from autoclave

    Media Preparation

    • Culture media are nutrient materials used in laboratories to grow microorganisms
    • A culture is a microorganism that grows and multiplies in or on a culture medium
    • Successful cultivation of a microorganism requires understanding its nutritional requirements and supplying essential nutrients in the proper form and proportion

    Types of Media

    • Synthetic media: prepared in the laboratory from materials of precise or reasonably well-defined composition
    • Complex media: contain unknown or varying concentrations of nutrients
    • Selective media: allow growth of specific microorganisms and inhibit others
    • Differential media: distinguish between different microorganisms based on their growth characteristics
    • Enrichment media: promote growth of a particular organism

    Aseptic Technique

    • Use sterile (aseptic) technique to ensure a new medium contains organisms of only a single species
    • Heat metal inoculating loops in a flame until red hot before picking the inoculum (broth or agar)
    • Cool the loops before use
    • Streak the agar plate with bacteria, flaming the loop between each quadrant
    • Label the agar plate, keeping the lid minimally open to prevent contamination

    Incubation

    • Incubate agar plates upside down to reduce bacterial contamination and water condensation
    • Keep samples in an incubator at 37 °C for 48 hours to check for sterility

    Chemical Methods

    • Disinfectants reduce the infectivity of a material, but may not kill all forms of life present
    • Chemical agents include soaps and detergents, acid, alkali, heavy metals, halogens, alcohols, and phenol derivatives
    • These agents aid in the removal of microbes, oils, and dirt, and help destroy microorganisms

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