1. Microbiology Chapter 3, Quiz #1 Review

2. Format 40 Formal Points 1 ordering question (5 points)
15 Multiple Choice Questions (1 point each)
Multi part open ended question where you will go through the process of creating and analyzing a bacterial growth curve like on the graphing activity packet (20 points)

3. Vocabulary to know… Five I’s – Know in Order!!!
Inoculation
Incubation
Isolation
Inspection
Identification
*Also be able to describe each step.
Agar
Media
Specific Media
Non-Specific Media
Sterile Technique
Colony
Pure Culture
Mixed Culture
Contaminated Culture

4. Test Tube Growth
Clear
Turbid
Flocculent
Pellicle
Sediment

5. Sterile Technique
What are some of the issues that may result when sterile technique is not followed carefully?

6. What is the easiest way to tell if bacteria grown is harmful or not?

7. Inspection vs. Identification
What are the main differences between inspection and identification?

8. Articles What is Growing on an 8 year old’s hands?
What makes good bacteria go bad?
*You will be able to use your yellow sheet of notes to help you on these questions, so we will NOT recap this. The article links are posted on my schoolwires so you may go back and read / review these.

9. Bacterial Growth Plates
We did our fingerprints. Even though nobody wants to have a “dirty” finger, why would not producing any growth for an unwashed finger actually be a bad thing?
How does color, shape and texture indicate what type of microorganism may be growing?

10. Bacterial Growth Curves
Phases
Lag
Exponential
Stationary
Death
For each phase know:
How contagious
How symptomatic
If antibiotics should be prescribed
Be able to:
Highlight a key, graph and table
Determine rate of growth or death
Determine number of days spent in each phase
Analyze data

11. Any Questions????