micro lab quiz #2

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harmless microorganisms that live in, on or around plants and animals and decompose dead organic matter

saprophytes
margin:
entire:
undulate:
lobate:
filamentous:
rhioid:
erose:
- texture
- smooth no irregularities
- wavy
- lobed
- thin branches
- thick branches
- irregular
diffrent elevations
- convex: slight bump
- umbonate: nipple like
- platau
- flat rased
- raised spreding edge
- flat rased margin
- growth grown into media
what info should you provide when describing phsical growth characteristics

colony shape, margin, elevation
three other important factors, not phsical descriptions, typically included when describing bacterial growth in slant.
- medium
- temperature
- sample source
produces colored growth

pigmented
smooth texture with solid edge

filiform
solid growth seeming to radiate outward

spreading edge
almost invisible or easy to see light through

transparent
rough texture with a crusty apearence

friable
factors besides physical growth characteristics are important when recording data about an organism in broth
- medium used
- temp of storage
- atmosphere: arobic or anarobic
evenly cloudy throughout

uniform fine turbidity
growth at top around the edge

ring
growth on the bottom

sediment
membrane at the top

pellicle
suspended chunks or pieces

flocculent

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micro lab quiz #2

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2010-02-10T02:59:42Z

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