Understanding the relationship between antibiotics and plasmid replication.
In general terms, how does the antibiotic ampicillin induce plasmid replication?
Identifying the type of hemolysis on a blood agar plate. Attachments in Word.
Identify the type of hemolysis on a blood agar plate. This is a diagram of a Blood Agar Plate. On it are 3 gray bacterial colonies. The agar is red. The background is white. There are zones of hemolysis around 2 of the colonies. Which hemolysis does A, B and C have? Refer to the attachment below for the diagram.
Identifying bacterial morphologies. Attachments in Word.
Identify 10 bacterial morphologies. Refer to the attachment below for the diagrams.
Heavy metal tolerance microorganisms bacteria fungi
Briefly describe the methods used by bacteria and fungi to tolerate environmental heavy metals. Include references and your views on the potential commercial applications of bacteria and fungi.
Working with serial dilutions.
You performed the following dilution series on a culture of Escherichia coli: 1 ml of the original culture to 99 ml broth then 1 ml cell suspension to 9 ml broth then 2 ml to 8 ml broth then 0.1 ml to a culture plate The next day, you count 52 colonies on the plate. What was the concentration of the original culture? ...continues
You have a bacterial culture with a concentration of 3.4 x 10^9 cells/ml. If you dilute the culture 10^-8, what would be the final concentration? If you then plate 1 ml of the culture, how many colonies would you expect?
Extrapolating information about diseases when given the prevalence and incidence rate.
Knowing the prevalence rate and incidence rate of a disease, what other important information could you calculate about the disease? (Disease in general).
Understanding Koch's postulates.
Describe how Koch's postulates establish the etiology of many infectious diseases. Explain why Koch's postulates do not apply to all infectious diseases by giving supporting examples.
Physicians administering live, attenuated mumps and measles vaccine prepared in chick embryos keep epinephrine available. Epinephrine will not treat these viral infections. What is the purpose of keeping this drug on hand?
Epinephrine's purpose in vaccination.
Physicians administering live, attenuated mumps and measles vaccine prepared in chick embryos keep epinephrine available. Epinephrine will not treat these viral infections. What is the purpose of keeping this drug on hand?
