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What do you call a group of cells grown in a nutrient solution from a single cell?
Cell culture is a nearly universally used technique to grow material for biological testing. In cell culture, an original population of seed cells divide under tightly controlled conditions to propagate the culture. All of the daughter cells from the original population are clones.
What name is given to cultures for identification of organisms as well as the identification of sensitivities of the organism to antibiotics?
The name given to cultures for the identification of organisms as well as the identification of sensitivities of the organism to antibiotics is "microbiological culture and sensitivity testing." This involves growing the organism in a culture medium to identify it and then testing it against different antibiotics to determine which ones are effective.
What organism found in urine culture is gram negative rods and lactose fermenter?
The organism likely to be found in a urine culture that is a Gram-negative rod and a lactose fermenter is Escherichia coli. E. coli is a common cause of urinary tract infections and is characterized by these microbiological properties.
How inverted microscope work?
An inverted microscope is used for viewing culture vessels. They are constructed with the tip of the objective pointing upward. Like you are viewing the specimen from below. The light is directed on the specimen from above.
What is vaspar?
VAS (vaseline) PAR (paraffin) - Is a 50/50 mix used to seal the air out of a microbiological tube culture/test, making it an anaerobic environment.
How do you diagnose diphtheria?
Diagnosis can often be made based on the appearance of the throat with confirmation by microbiological culture.
What are the three main types of microbiological culture media?
according to consistency , according to function , according to constituents
How the diphtheria disease is diagnosed?
Diagnosis can often be made based on the appearance of the throat with confirmation by microbiological culture.
What does a doctor do to see if you have Diphtheria?
Diagnosis can often be made based on the appearance of the throat with confirmation by microbiological culture.
Is carbon in peptone?
Yes, peptone is a nutrient source often used in microbiological culture media, derived from partially digested proteins like meat or casein. Since proteins contain carbon, peptone would also contain carbon.
What type of media is used for growing a culture from a throat specimen?
blood and chocolate agar plates as well as in universities laboratory Nutrient agar plates are also provided
Is a microbiology test done with a urine specimen?
yes, example of urine culture and sensitivity.
What is the purpose of Resazurin dye?
Resazurin dye is used in microbiological culture media for anaerobes as an indicator of the presence of oxygen. The dye turns pink when oxygen is present.
What would you use to hold a patient tongue down when a specimen is obtained for a throat culture?
Forceps
Do you clean wound first before getting specimen for culture?
Kind of defeats the purpose. The answer would be in general no.
Why would the lab reject the specimen if you forget to break the vial in the culturette?
Forgetting to break the vial in a culturette can prevent the specimen from being properly exposed to the culture medium, hindering the growth of any potential microorganisms present in the sample. This may lead to inaccurate test results and compromise the validity of the culture. Thus, the lab may reject the specimen to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the outcomes.
What preparations are associated with a urethral culture?
Men should not urinate one hour before collection of a urethral specimen.
