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 |
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Summaries of Important Terminology: |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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And don't forget: |
 CLEANING UP | page viii |
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