Microscopes
Kombucha
Culturing
Mystery
Fish Disease
100
On which part of a microscope does the slide go?
Stage
100
SCOBY stands for ____ culture/consortium of bacteria and yeas
symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast
100
This jello-like substance is used to make solid media in petri dishes (can put a picture)
Agar
100
What is the name of a virus that infects bacteria?
bacteriophage
100
What does it mean if a parasite has a direct lifecycle?
The parasite is transferred directly from one host to the next
200
What is the magnification of the eyepiece of a microscope?
10x
200
This byproduct is created by yeast in kombucha
Alcohol
200
Bacteria that are round and spherical in shape
coccus
200
What is the name of the culturing method shown on the board in the back.
T-streak
200
What is the operculum?
This is the part of the fish that covers the gill. Also known as the gill flap.
300
What are the two knobs that you use to help focus the microscope?
Course adjustment and fine adjustment
300
This byproduct is created by bacteria in kombucha
acetic acid
300
Bacteria that are rod shaped
bacillus
300
This is a malformed enzyme of proteins that is responsible for wasting disease in elk, mad cow disease in cattle, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. Hint we talked about it yesterday at lunch
Prion
300
What disease does Ichthyophthirius multifiliis or Ich produce in fish?
White spot disease
400
Which part of the microscope should you hold when lifting or moving the microscope?
The arm and the base
400
These are foods or supplements that contain live organisms that are considered beneficial
probiotics
400
Set of practices used to maintain sterility in a microbiology lab
aseptic technique
400
What is the technique called that dilutes bacterial broth culture?
Serial dilutions
400
Name one fish pathogen we learned about yesterday. excluding Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
Koi herpesvirus,
IHNV
Ceratanova Shasta
others answers also accepted.
500
What was the name of the special microscope we saw in Linus Pauling Institute?
Electron Microscope
500
Bacteria within kombucha produce this extracellular compound that gives SCOBY its characteristic appearance
cellulose
500
The name of this piece of equipment:
bunsen burner
500
What is the name of the instrument we used on the first day of camp to measure the optical density of our serial dilutions?
Spectrophotometer
500
What is one management technique that hatcheries use to help the fish avoid parasitic infection
ODFW monitors river temperature and parasite load to prevent fish from being released during time of high parasite abundance