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8.3: Lab Report

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    Exercise A: Colony Characteristics

    Data Table for Microbe Identification by Morphology

    Name of Bacterium:

    Typically found where?

    Average colony size (mm):

    Colony Shape:

    Margin:

    Surface:

    Pigmentation (or none)

     

    Micrococcus luteus

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Serratia marcescens

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Bacillus

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Escherichia coli

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Table 8.1 Colony Characteristics

    Below, list three ways we benefit from bacteria. You may think of examples from nature, industrial and medical applications, or others. You may reference our lecture material or search the internet (be sure to cite your source).

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    Exercise B: Investigating Environmental Microbes

    B.1. What surfaces will you swab? Examples: you can compare before and after handwashing (don’t dry your hands), or compare two body areas, or environmental samples such as commonly touched areas (phone vs your pencil).

     

     

    B.2. What is your hypothesis? Get approval before you swab.

     

     

    B.3. What is your prediction (what will your results look like if your hypothesis is true)?

     

     

     

     

     

     

    B.4. After incubation: Sketch and describe your results below.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    B.5. Do your results support your hypothesis? Explain: 

     

     

     

    Exercise C: Viewing Prepared Slide of Gram-Stained "Three Bacterial Types"

    Data Table for Three Bacterial Types

    Type:

    Describe the shape and arrangement of cells:

    Sketch at 1000x (oil)

    Gram +/-:

     

    bacillus (bacilli)

         

     

    coccus (cocci)

         

     

    spirillum (spirilla)

         

    Table 8.2 Prepared Slide of Gram-Stained "Three Bacterial Types"

    Exercise D

    Data Table for Gram-positive and Gram-negative Bacteria

    Bacterium:

    Color of cells (100x lens)

    Gram result (+/-)

    Shape (morphology)

    Sketch in color, 100x lens

     

    Micrococcus luteus

           

     

    Serratia marcescens

           

     

    Bacillus

           

     

    Escherichia coli

           

    Table 8.3 Gram Stain Results


     

    This page titled 8.3: Lab Report is shared under a CC BY 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Darcy Ernst, May Chen, Katie Foltz, and Bridget Greuel (Open Educational Resource Initiative at Evergreen Valley College) .