Bacteriology 102: "Index" of Frequently Utilized Items in the Lab Manual

For a more thorough review of lab manual topics, click here.

The following table of items is the closest thing we have to an index for the lab manual.

Additional review material for quizzes, problem sets and exams can be found in the list of terms in Appendix W and the practice questions and problems in Appendices X, Y and Z. Answers and solutions are provided on the web (for you to check yours!) as indicated here. Important terms and concepts not dealt with thoroughly in the manual are detailed here, and some "thought questions" any thoughtful 102 graduate should be able to answer correctly are here.

Microscopy:
General terms and directions	Appendix A and page 5
Smear preparation	page 114
Saving/keeping slides with stained smears	page 4 (footnote)
Wet mount preparation	page 5
Gram stain (including "gram-variability")	page 146
Light microscope (for stained smears)	Microscope Handout and page 112
Phase microscope (for wet mounts)	as explained by instructor
Summaries of Important Terminology:
General physiology and nutrition	Appendix D and intro. to Exp. 5.1
Cell vs. CFU vs. colony	page 1 and here
Proper usage of terms and names	page 149
Cellular morphology and arrangement	page 36
Energy & carbon sources (classification)	pages 123-124
Oxygen relationships (classification)	pages 15-17 and here
Culture media (classification)	page 126
Microbial Quantitation and Practice Problems:
Dilution theory from the beginning	Click here.
Dilution plating	Appendix C
General practice problems	pages 122 (example 2) and 168-169 (nos. 1-8)
Practice problems for specific experiments	pages 170-171
Most-probable number (MPN) method	page 96
Other Basic Items:
See our pages concerning differential media, enrichment & isolation, and identification.
Basic Aseptic Technique	Appendix B
Streak-plating	pages 116-117
Enrichment and isolation	page 54
Identification of bacteria	page 29 (See also Bergey's Manual)
Detection of fermentation	page 143
Glucose O/F Medium	page 17
Catalase and oxidase tests	pages 143-144
Reading Motility Medium	page 32 (step 3b)
And don't forget:
CLEANING UP	page viii

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John Lindquist, Department of Bacteriology

University of Wisconsin – Madison