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Unit 3 lab

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A pure culture _____________.

a)

is sterile

b)

contains no synthetic ingredients

c)

contains only one organism

d)

does not contain genetically modifies organisms

2.

In microbiology, what is a contaminant?

a)

An organisms growing in the media

b)

The organisms that have been inoculated in the media

c)

An unwanted cell growing in the media

d)

An unwanted chemical altering the chemical composition of the media.

3.

Which isolation method is easy, but not quantitative?

a)

Spread plate method

b)

Streak plate method

c)

Pour plate method

d)

None are quantitative

4.

Which isolation method is quantitative, but could kill heat sensitive bacteria?

a)

Pour plate method

b)

Streak plate method

c)

Spread plate method

d)

Autoclave

5.

What is a disadvantage of the spread plate method?

a)

Is quantitative and will be milder on heat sensitive bacteria.

b)

It is not quantitative.

c)

It is too harsh on heat sensitive bacteria.

d)

It uses a lot of material and can increase the chances of contamination.

6.

What can you say from this culture?

a)

It contains two types of cells

b)

It contains at least two types of cells

c)

It is a pure culture

d)

The cells ferment mannitol.

7.

What can you say from this culture?

a)

It contains at least one type of cell

b)

It contains more than one type of cell.

c)

The streak plate technique was unsuccessful.

d)

There are too many colonies to count.

8.

What is the range of colonies that you can use to calculate the original colony forming count on a spread plate?

a)

10-100

b)

50-500

c)

25-250

d)

5-250

9.

Assume you perform a serial 1/10 dilution procedure as we did in the lab.

You have 29 colonies in the second dilution. What is the CFU count in the original sample?

a)

The answer cannot be calculated with the information given

b)

29 CFU/ml

c)

290 CFU/ml

d)

2900 CFU/ml

10.

Assume you perform a serial 1/10 dilution procedure as we did in the lab.

You have 19 colonies in the fourth dilution. What is the CFU count in the original sample?

a)

The answer cannot be calculated with the information given

b)

19 CFU/ml

c)

190,000 CFU/ml

d)

1,900,000 CFU/ml

11.

Assume you perform a serial 1/10 dilution procedure as we did in the lab.

You have 20 red colonies and 30 green colonies in the third dilution. What is the TOTAL CFU count in the original sample?

a)

The answer cannot be calculated with the information given.

b)

50,000 CFU/ml

c)

30 CFU/ml

d)

5,000 CFU/ml

12.

MSA is selective for ___________.

a)

Halophiles

b)

Capnophiles

c)

Thermophiles

d)

Coliforms

13.

What makes MSA differential?

a)

Mannitol and phenol red

b)

Mannitol and congo red

c)

Mannose and congo red

d)

Lactose and Eosin

14.

What makes EMB agar selective?

a)

Eosin and methilene blue

b)

Lactose

c)

Agar

d)

Embosin

15.

If something grows on EMB agar, the cell must be __________.

a)

Halophile

b)

Gram negative

c)

Coliform

d)

Capnophile

16.

Which of the following will grow on MSA but not change the media to yellow?

a)

Staphylococcus aureus

b)

Staphylococcus epidermidis

c)

Bacillus subtillis

d)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

17.

Blood agar is a(n)____________ media for Streptococcus species.

a)

Selective and differential

b)

Toxic

c)

Enrichment and differential

d)

Enrichment

18.

What type of hemolysis is shown?

a)

Beta hemolysis

b)

Alpha hemolysis

c)

Gama hemolysis

d)

non-hemolytic

19.

We replicated oral conditions when growing mouth microbes in the lab. Which condition is NOT one of them

a)

High CO2

b)

High sugar

c)

High iron and nutrients

d)

High oxygen

20.

Why do high sugar intake facilitate dental decay?

a)

Promotes the formation of plaque

b)

Promotes the production of acids by fermentation.

c)

Enhances attachment by promoting the production of capsules

d)

All are correct

21.

A media supplemented with phenylalanine is needed to grow special strains of E. coli. What type of media is this?

a)

Enrichment

b)

Differential

c)

Selective

d)

Complex

22.
Question Image

Match the following

a)
1.

Beta Hemolysis

b)
2.

Alpha Hemolysis

c)
3.

Gamma Hemolysis

23.
Question Image

Match the following

a)
1.

Streptococcus mutants

b)
2.

Streptococcus pyogenes

c)
3.

Streptococcus salivarius

24.

Which one is more likely a pathogen causing strep-throat?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

25.

Normal microbiota _____________.

a)

Is never pathogenic

b)

Can become pathogenic

c)

Is in every part of your body

d)

cannot be cultured in a lab

26.

A media that contains high concentration of NAD+ and coagulation factors to promote the growth of Haemophilus bacteria is a(n) ____________ media.

a)

complex

b)

enrichment

c)

differential

d)

selective

27.

What cell is most likely growing on this MSA plate?

a)

Escherichia coli

b)

Staphylococcus epidermidis

c)

Streptococcus pyogenes

d)

Staphylococcus aureus

28.

What cell grows like the colony on the LEFT side of the EMB agar plate?

a)

Alcaligenes faecalis

b)

Escherichia coli

c)

Bacillus subtilis

d)

Candida albicans

29.

You have a gram positive, endospore forming, lactose fermenter bacterium.

How will it behave in EMB agar?

a)

Will grow and turn media black/green.

b)

Will grow and turn media yellow

c)

Will not grow.

d)

Will grow with no change.

30.

What will make gram negative cells more resistant to the toxicity of EMB agar?

a)

Outer membrane

b)

Endospore

c)

Thick peptidoglycan

d)

Mycolic acid

31.

Gal-x media uses a substrate that turns blue in the presence of the enzyme beta-galactosidase (β-gal). Only β-gal producing cells will turn blue. This is an example of a (n) _________ media

a)

Differential

b)

Selective

c)

Defined

d)

Enrichment.

32.

You want to see if there are psychrophilic bacteria in your samples. What can you do to select for them?

a)

grow them in cold

b)

use MSA agar

c)

use serial dilution

d)

treat with an antibiotic

33.

Take your time. Match the following cells with their growth and fermentation profile.

a)

Does not grow in MSA

Does not grow on EMB

1.

Bacillus subtilis

b)

Grows on EMB, but no change in color

2.

Alcaligenes faecalis

c)

Grows on EMB and changes to black

3.

Escherichia coli

d)

Grows on MSA and turns it yellow

4.

Staphylococcus aureus

e)

Grows on MSA but does not change it

5.

Staphylococcus epidermidis

34.

What is the role of agar in media?

a)

Solidifying agent

b)

Differential agent

c)

Carbon source

d)

All are corect