6- Microbial Nutrition & Growth
Bacterial growth
electron sourcelithotrophs (inorganic) organotrophs (organic)
CHNOPS
Singlet oxygen Toxic forms of oxygen contains O 2 2- (peroxide anion)
Detoxification enzymes Other antioxidants: carotenoids, glutathione, Vit E & C, etc.
Micro- aerophiles
Nitrogen cycle Fig 26.17
acidophiles basophiles/ alkalinophiles Vibrio Ferroplasma neutrophiles Fig. 2.14
Halophiles obligate tolerant Barophiles Extremophiles
Ecological associations Antagonistic Synergistic Symbiotic Biofilms Quorum sensing
Other kinds of samples: food, water, air, soil, etc.
Streak plate
Pour plate
Spread plate
Inoculating needle & loop
pipet & pipetters
micropipette = micropipet = micropipetter Disposable tip
tubes Petri plate flask containers
For beer
agarbroth agar slant deep agar
(for Nutrient Broth: just leave out the agar)
General medium Selective medium (nutrient agar) (MacConkey agar)
Differential medium (MacConkey agar)
Differential media (newer)
candle jar capnophilics
Anaerobic jarGlove box
Laminar flow hood (for aerobes)
Standard freezer -20 o C Ultra deep freezer -70 to -86 o C Liquid nitrogen -196 o C refrigerator
Lyophilization = freeze-drying Other: dessication, crystallization
binary fission
budding fragmentation
Growth curve
Plate count using serial dilutions on spread plates Colony counter
Cell counter
MPN 26 cells /100 ml (from T6.6) Most Probable Number
dry weight Indirect methods metabolic activity
Turbidity spectrophotometer