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PANDORAS AGAR?!
PIECES AND PARTS
GIVE ME THE 411
RING AROUND THE ROSEY OR DISK
WHAT DO YOU MEAN??
100
USED TO CATEGORIZE BACTERIA AS GRAM POSITIVE OR GRAM NEGATIVE ON THE BASIS OF CELL WALL STRUCTURE.
What is GRAM STAIN?
100
USED TO PUT THE BACTERIA ON THE AGAR.
What is THE INNOCULATION LOOP?
100
SWABBING, SCRAPING, ASPIRATION
What ARE THE THREE METHODS FOR SAMPLE COLLECTION IN MICROBIOLOGY?
100
THE SMALLEST CONCENTRATION OF THE SPECIFIC ANTIMICROBIAL THAT CAN INHIBIT THE GROWTH OF A GIVEN BACTERIA.
What is MIC (MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION)?
100
THEY ARE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THEIR SHAPE AND ARRANGEMENT.
What is BACTERIA?
200
REQUIRES A PRIMARY STAIN, A MORDANT, A DECOLORIZER, AND A COUNTERSTAIN.
What is A GRAM STAIN?
200
FOR CULTURES TO GROW IN THE INCUBATOR IT NEEDS TO BE THIS TEMPERATURE.
What is 37 DEGREES?
200
THE QUADRANT STREAK METHOD.
WHAT IS THE PREFERRED METHOD OF STREAKING AN AGAR PLATE?
200
PARTIAL HEMOLYSIS THAT CREATES A NARROW BAND OF GREENISH OR SLIMY DISCOLORATION AROUND THE BACTERIAL COLONY
What is ALPHA-HEMOLYSIS?
200
BACTERIA THAT HAVE STRICT REQUIREMENTS.
What is FASTIDIOUS MICROBES?
300
SAMPLES WITH GRAM-VARIABLE REACTIONS CAN BE EVALUATED WITH THIS TEST.
What is KOH (POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE TEST)?
300
THIS IS USED TO TRANSPORT A CULTURE TO A LAB.
What is A CULTURETTE?
300
EXAMINE AT 18-24 HOURS.
What is THE TIME TO START EXAMINING CULTURES AFTER BEING INNOCULATED?
300
A ZONE OF HEMOLYSIS SURROUNDED BY A NARROW ZONE OF HEMOLYSIS AROUND A BACTERIAL COLONY; ALSO CALLED DOUBLE-ZONE HEMOLYSIS.
What is DELTA-HEMOLYSIS?
300
FUNGAL ORGANISMS CONSISTING MOSTLY OF WEBS OF SLENDER TUBES.
What is HYPHAE?
400
THE AREA USUALLY USED TO COLLECT CULTURE SPECIMENS SUSPECTED OF BEING EITHER MICROSPORUM OR TRICHOPHYTON.
What is THE PERIPHERY OF THE LESION?
400
DIFFERENT FORMULATIONS USED TO GROW VARIOUS BACTERIA.
What is AGAR?
400
MEASURED AND COMPARED AGAINST A STANDARD CHART TO IDENTIFY THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF THE BACTERIA TO ANTIBIOTICS.
What is ZONE OF INHIBITION?
400
COMPLETE HEMOLYSIS THAT CREATES A CLEAR ZONE AROUND THE BACTERIAL COLONY.
What is BETA-HEMOLYSIS?
400
ORGANISMS THAT CAN SURVIVE IN THE ABSENCE OF OXYGEN BUT THEIR GROWTH IS LIMITED.
What is FACULTATIVE ANAEROBES?
500
THESE CAN BE IDENTIFIED OR CLASSIFIED ON THE BASIS OF THEIR PATTERNS OF HEMOLYSIS IN BLOOD AGAR.
What is BACTERIA?
500
COMMONLY USED TO GROW RINGWORM IN.
What is DTM (DERMATOPHYTE TESTING MEDIA)?
500
THE DIFFUSION METHOD THAT IS MOST COMMONLY USED FOR ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING.
What is BAUER-KIRBY TECHNIQUE?
500
HEMOLYSIS THAT PRODUCES NO CHANGE IN THE APPEARANCE OF THE MEDIUM AND NO HEMOLYSIS AROUND COLONIES.
What is GAMMA-HEMOLYSIS?
500
A GENERAL PURPOSE MEDIA THAT IS USED FOR THE AGAR DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST.
What is MUELLER-HINTON AGAR?