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reducing media
a culture medium containing ingredients that will remove dissolved oxygen from the medium to allow the growth of anaerobes
selective media
a culture medium designed to supress the growth of unwanted microorganisms and encourage the growth of desired ones
differential media
a solid culture medium that makes it easier to distinguish colonies of the desired organism
enrichment culture
a culture medium used for preliminary isolation that favors the growth of a particular microorgansim
plate count
a method for determining the number of bacteria in a samlke by counting the number of colony forming units on solid culture medium
CFU (Colony Forming Units)
visible bacteria colonies on a solid culture media
direct microscopic count
enumeration of cells by observation through a mcroscope
turbidity
the cloudiness of a suspension
metabolic activity
an indirect way to estimate bacterial numbers by measuring the amount of metabolic byproduct(s) produced
mesophile
an organism that grows between 10-50 degrees C; a moderate-temperature-loving microbe
thermophile
an organism whose optimum growth temperature is between 50-60 degrees C; a heat loving microbe
psychrophile
anorganism that grows best at 5 degress C and does not grow above 20 degrees C. A cold loving microbe
minimum growth temperature
the lowest temperature at which a species will grow
optimum growth temperature
the temperature at which a species grows best
maximum growth temperature
the highest temperature at which a species can grow
acidophile
a bacterium that grows below pH 4
halophile
an organism that requires a high salt concentration for growth
obligate aerobe
an organism that requires molecular oxygen to live
facultative anaerobe
an organism that can grow with or without molecular oxygen
obligate anaerobe
an organism that does not use molecular oxygen and is killed in the presence of moleuler oxygen
microaerophile
an organism that grows best in an environment with less molecular oxygen than is normally found in air
biofilm
a microbial community that usually forms as a slimy layer on a surface
neutrophile
a bacterium that grows at a pH of 7
alkalophile
a bacterium that grows at a pH of 9 or greater
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Micro Vocab Chap 6
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Micro Chap 6
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