Microbiology College Course Final Exam Review Assignment

Review for Applied Microbiology

Name: ______

1. Describe all of the information that MacConkey’s Agar provides, both selective & differential. Be specific.

2. Describe all of the information that Mannitol Salt agar provides, both selective and differential. Be specific.

3. Describe all of the information that Blood Agar provides, addressing what each type of hemolysis pattern looks like and reveals about the bacteria growing there.

See the Virtual Microbiology Classroom of the Science Prof Online website for more microbiology course material. 4. Draw Staphylococcus bacteria, showing cell morphology (shape and arrangement). What color would Staph be after Gram staining?

5. Please draw the best isolation streak plate pattern that you can. Label the quadrants of the plate 1, 2, 3 & 4 so that I can tell where your streaking begins and ends.

6. Write the name of the bacteria “salmonella pullorum” properly formatted as a scientific name.

See the Virtual Microbiology Classroom of the Science Prof Online website for more microbiology course material. 7. Draw E. coli bacteria, showing cell morphology (cell shape). What color would E. coli be after acid- fast staining?

8. Draw a sample Bacillus bacteria as you would see it under the microscope. Label with the colors that you would see after endospore staining.

See the Virtual Microbiology Classroom of the Science Prof Online website for more microbiology course material.