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Some organisms require oxygen in significantly reduced amounts, such as 5% oxygen. These organisms are classified as
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obligate aerobes. |
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obligate anaerobes. |
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microaerophiles. |
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facultative anaerobes. |
he most critical step in the Gram stain technique involves what reagent?
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Iodine |
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Alcohol |
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Safranin |
Spirit blue agar is used to test for
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amylase. |
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proteolysis |
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indole production. |
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lipase |
What product is detected when testing for the presence of tryptophanase?
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Indole |
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Tryptophan |
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1 OBLIGATE ANAEROBES ARE MICROORGANISM KILLED BY NORMAL ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION OF OXYGEN
MICROAEROPHILES ,LIKE OBLIGATE ANAEROBES DAMAGED BY NORMAL ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION OF OXYGEN .BUT THEY METABOLISE ENERGY AEROBICALLY BUT OBLIGATE ANAEROBES METABOLISE ENERGY ANAEROBICALLY .MICROAEROPHILES THEREFORE REQUIRE OXYGEN 2 TO 10 PERCENTAGE FOR GROWTH .BUT OBLIGATE ANAEROBES DO NOT
OBLIGATE AEROBES NEED OXYGEN
FACULTATIVE ANAEROBES CAN GROW WITH OR WITH OUT OXYGEN
ANSWER C MICROAEROPHILES
2 GRAM STAINING HAS FOUR BASIC STEPS
APPLYING PRIMARY STAIN CRYSTAL VIOLET TO A HEAT FIXED SMEAR
ADDITION OF A MORDANT LIKE GRAMS IODINE
RAPID RECOLORIZATION WITH ALCOHOL ,ACETONE OR A MIXTURE OF BOTH
COUNTER STAINING WITH SAFRANIN
THE CRITICAL STEP IN GRAMSTAINING IS DECOLORIZATION AND THE REAGENT IS ALCOHOL
3 SPIRIT BLUE AGAR IS USED TO IDENTIFY ORGANISM THAT ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ENZYME LIPASE
4 SPOT INDOLE TEST IS USED TO DETERMINE THE PRESENCE OF ENZYME TRYPTOPHANASE . TRYPTOPHANASE BREAKS DOWN TRYPTOPHAN TO RELEASE INDOLE