Transcript Foundations in Microbiology

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Foundations
in
Microbiology
Fifth Edition
Talaro
Chapter
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Tools of the Laboratory:
The Methods for Studying
Microorganisms
Chapter 3
The 5 I’s of culturing microbes
1. Inoculation – introduction of a sample into
a container of media
2. Incubation – under conditions that allow
growth
3. Isolation –separating one species from
another
4. Inspection
5. Identification
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Fig. 3.1a
Fig. 3.1b
Fig. 3.1c
Fig. 3.1d
Isolation
• If an individual bacterial cell is separated
from other cells & has space on a nutrient
surface, it will grow into a mound of cells- a
colony
• A colony consists of one species
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Isolation technique
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Fig. 3.3
Media – providing nutrients in
the laboratory
• Most commonly used:
– nutrient broth – liquid medium containing beef extract
& peptone
– nutrient agar – solid media containing beef extract,
peptone & agar
• agar is a complex polysaccharide isolated from
red algae
– solid at room temp, liquefies at boiling (100oC), does
not resolidify until it cools to 42oC
– provides framework to hold moisture & nutrients
– not digestible for most microbes
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Types of media
• synthetic – contains pure organic & inorganic
compounds in an exact chemical formula
• complex or nonsynthetic – contains at least one
ingredient that is not chemically definable
• general purpose media- grows a broad range of
microbes, usually nonsynthetic
• enriched media- contains complex organic
substances such as blood, serum, hemoglobin or
special growth factors required by fastidious
microbes
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Enriched media
Blood agar plate
Bacteria from human throat
Grows streptococci and other
pathogens
Chocolate agar plate
Grows Neisseria (causes gonorrhea)
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• selective media- contains one or more
agents that inhibit growth of some microbes
and encourage growth of the desired
microbes
• differential media – allows growth of
several types of microbes and displays
visible differences among desired and
undesired microbes
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Selective & Differential Media
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Selective & Differential Media
Mannitol salt agar- selectively grow
Staphylococcus species. Contains phenol
Red that changes color with pH change.
Contains mannitol, a sugar that is
Converted to acid.
S. aureus uses mannitol (yellow)
NaCl also inhibits salt-sensitive species
MacConkey agar- differentiates between
Lactose-fermenting bacteria (colony center
red) and lactose-negative bacteria
(off-white).
Isolation of gram-negative enterics
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Differential media
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Miscellaneous media
• reducing medium – contains a substance
that absorbs oxygen or slows penetration of
oxygen into medium; used for growing
anaerobic bacteria
• carbohydrate fermentation mediumcontains sugars that can be fermented,
converted to acids, and a pH indicator to
show the reaction; basis for identifying
bacteria and fungi
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Carbohydrate fermentation media
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Key Characteristics of the Microscope
• magnification – ability to enlarge objects
• resolving power – ability to show detail
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compound light microscope
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Pathway of light
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Effect of wavelength on resolution
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Oil immersion lens
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Effect of magnification with oil immersion
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Types of light microscopes
• Bright-field – most widely used, specimen
is darker than surrounding field
• Dark-field – brightly illuminated
specimens surrounded by dark field, uses
stop condenser
• Phase-contrast – transforms subtle changes
in light waves passing through the specimen
into differences in light intensity, best for
observing intracellular structures
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3 views of a Paramecium
Bright-field
Dark-field
Phase-contrast
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Fluorescence Microscope
• Modified compound microscope with an
ultraviolet radiation source and a filter that
protects the viewer’s eye
• Uses dyes that emit visible light when
bombarded with shorter uv rays.
• Useful in diagnosing infections
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Electron microscopy
• Forms an image with a beam of electrons that can
be made to travel in wavelike patterns when
accelerated to high speeds.
• Electron waves are 100,000X shorter than the
waves of visible light.
• Electrons have tremendous power to resolve
minute structures because resolving power is a
function of wavelength.
• Magnification between 5,000X and 1,000,000X
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2 types of electron microscopes
• Transmission electron microscopes (TEM) –
transmits electrons through the specimen;
darker areas represent thicker, denser parts and
lighter areas indicate more transparent, less
dense parts
• Scanning electron microscopes (SEM)–
provides detailed three-dimensional view. SEM
bombards surface of a whole, metal-coated
specimen with electrons while scanning back
and forth over it.
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Transmission Electron Micrograph
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Scanning Electron Micrograph
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Specimen preparation
• wet mounts & hanging drop mounts –
allow examination of characteristics of live
cells: motility, shape, & arrangement
• fixed mounts are made by drying & heating
a film of specimen. This smear is stained
using dyes to permit visualization of cells or
cell parts.
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Staining
• cationic dyes - basic, with positive charges
on the chromophore
• anionic dyes - acidic, with negative charges
on the chromophore
• surfaces of microbes are negatively charged
and attract basic dyes – positive staining.
• negative staining – microbe repels dye & it
stains the background
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Staining
• simple stains –one dye is used
• differential stains – use a primary stain and
a counterstain to distinguish cell types or
parts. examples: Gram stain, acid-fast stain
and endospore stain
• special stains: capsule and flagellar stains
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Types of stains
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