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What would you need to do to determine whether bacteria growing on a petri plate are anaerobes?
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How do you measure bacteria in a petri dish?
When bacteria is grown in an Agar plate, one quantitative method to measure growth is using a counting chamber. Another method is using viable plate counts.
Why should the lid of the petri plate not be removed completely when transferring bacteria?
To prevent contamination of the bacteria cultures with airborne microbes and contaminants, the lid of the petri plate should not be removed completely when transferring bacteria. This helps maintain a sterile environment within the plate and reduces the risk of introducing unwanted organisms that could interfere with the growth of the intended culture.
What is a petri disk?
A petri dish is a shallow, circular, lidded dish used in laboratories for the culturing of microorganisms or small tissue samples. It provides a flat and stable surface for the growth of cells or bacteria under controlled conditions.
The advantages and disadvantages of a broth tube culture compared to a culture on a Petri plate?
Advantages of broth tube culture: It allows for the growth of bacteria in a liquid medium which can facilitate the study of motility and oxygen requirements of bacteria, and it can provide a larger quantity of bacteria for testing. Disadvantages of broth tube culture: It can be difficult to isolate and identify specific colonies within a liquid medium compared to a solid medium like a Petri plate, making it challenging for colony counting and purity assessments. Additionally, broth tube cultures may not provide as clear visualization of bacterial growth compared to colonies on a Petri plate.
What does the clear zone of petri plate mean?
The clear zone of a Petri plate, often referred to as a zone of inhibition, indicates an area where bacterial growth has been suppressed or eliminated, typically due to the presence of an antimicrobial agent, such as an antibiotic. This clear area surrounds a substance (like a disk containing the antibiotic) placed on an agar plate inoculated with bacteria. The size of the clear zone can be measured to determine the effectiveness of the antimicrobial agent against the specific bacteria tested.
How do antibiotic resistant bacteria come about?
This term is misleading. The antibiotic "selects" bacteria that are not affected by it. If a person will grow bacteria on a petri dish and add an antibiotic to it, some bacteria may live and grow. This is actually a form of natural selection. The ones that will grow are resistance to the antibiotic. They have some way of not being affected. If a person takes a colony from the plate that has this resistance and grows it on another plate and add the antibiotic, all on the plate will be resistant.
What is a Sheep blood agar plate?
A petri dish filled with a nutrient gel containing red blood cells that is used to detect the presence of streptococcal bacteria in a throat culture
Why are petri plate inverted when put in the incubator.?
to prevent condenstion of the gel
Why should nutrient agar be cooled to 50 c before inoculating the bacteria?
To minimise condensation on the lid of the Petri dish.
Shallow plate used in science lab?
A shallow plate which is used in a science lab is known as a petri dish.
Who discovered the Petri dish?
The Petri dish was named after German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri, who invented it in the late 19th century while working in Robert Koch's laboratory. Petri dishes are commonly used in microbiology for culturing bacteria and other microorganisms.
