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It is advice to work near a flame during aseptic technique because it has to be performed under sterile conditions. Working near a flame allows for flame sterilization which would promote sterilization to the experiment you are working on.

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What is meant by streak dilution technique?

The streak plate technique is a method of diluting bacteria down suficiently so that the will grow as single colonies. The technique varies from individual to individual so much so that you can identify a researcher's plates much like their handwritting! The technique is somewhat more standardised in hospital labs and a printed out sheet is placed below the plate for the operative to follow as a guide. The technique is usually taught like this; 1) Flame your loop and aseptically take 1 loopful of culture and place it a 12 o'clock on your plate draw a straight line 5cm across the plate ending around 2.30o'clock. 2) Lift the loop and draw two more lines parallel the first about 0.5 cm distance below the first. 3) Flame your loop. Turn the plate slightly anticlockwise and draw another set of 3 lines over lapping the first set. (your end at 5o'clock) 4) Flame your loop. Turn the plate slightly anticlockwise and draw another set of 3 lines overlapping the second set. (you end at 6.30o'clock) 5)Flame your loop. Turn the plate slightly anticlockwise and draw another set of 3 lines overlapping the third set. (your end at 8o'clock) 6) Flame your loop this time instead of a set of lines start by overlapping the fourth set of lines and then draw a scribble into the middle of your plate using as much of the unused agar as possible. The technique is sort of a dilution becasue each time you flame your loop it is sterilised, when you then draw out some of the bacteria from your last set of lines and spread them over a much greater area.


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if you are talking about what flame to use on a Bunsen burner than the yellow flame is to make sure that everyone knows that there is a flame but the blue flame (less visible) is used as the hotter flame and the better one.


Is flame an abstract noun?

No, the noun flame is usually a concrete noun, a word for a thing that can be seen, touched, sometimes smelled, and even measured for size and temperature; a flame is a physical thing. The noun flame is sometimes used in an abstract context, for example to refer to an 'old flame', or the 'flame of desire'. The word flame is also a verb (flame, flames, flaming, flamed).


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Flaming an inoculating loop?

There is no "set" time limit. For proper aseptic technique, you should wait until the inoculating loop/needle is visibly red so that all organisms are dead, etc.


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