Midterm
Cards (60)
- What is Gentian Violet used as in staining?
- What type of bacteria retains the violet color in Gram staining?
- What does fixing a smear involve?
- What is a visible group of bacteria on solid medium called?
- What is the substrate used for cultivating microorganisms?
- What optical instrument is used to study minute living forms?
- What sterilization apparatus is used for glassware?
- What does Gram staining classify bacteria based on?
- What is resolving power in microscopy?
- At what temperature are culture media sterilized for 15 minutes?
- What is the magnification of an objective labeled OIO?
- What plating technique estimates total microbial load?
- Who introduced the first simple microscope?
- Who introduced the Gram staining technique?
- What can be an ideal substrate for microorganisms?
- What is the general solvent used for media preparations?
- What are you studying when observing microbial growth on a petri dish?
- What is cultivation of microorganisms in Petri dishes called?
- What does microbiology study?
- What is a substance used to fix a stain or dye?
- What is the decolorizer used in Gram staining?
- What is the numerical aperture in microscopy?
- What is a mixed culture?
- What is the decolorizer used in acid-fast staining?
- What organisms resist decolorization in Gram staining?
- What is the primary stain used in Gram staining?
- What stain is used in negative staining?
- What part of the microscope adjusts focus?
- What part of the microscope reflects light into the base?
- What part of the microscope supports the head?
- What is the streak plate method?
- What is the unit of microbial measurement?
- What is the spread plate method used for?
- What is acid-fast staining used for?
- What is selective media used for?
- What is the purpose of transport media?
- What is the primary stain used in simple staining?
- What is Masson staining used for?
- What does staining enhance in biological specimens?
- What is permeabilization in staining?