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Lab 4: Worksheet

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    Work in groups on these problems. You should try to answer the questions without referring to your textbook. If you get stuck, try asking another group for help.

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    1. Label which bacteria are Staphylococcus and which are Mycobacterium. (2)

    2. Why is it important to steam the slides for an acid fast stain? (1)

    clipboard_e3933251601450aa12f1a89dfa75513d7.png3. One of your plates contained manganese which is known to induce the sporulation of Bacillus, which plate was it? (3)

    4. Draw what you would expect to see for plate A and B if you did not counterstain with safranin. (1)

    clipboard_e418e113366e34422fbb61eb431143042.png5. Why did you not heat fix this slide? (2)

    6. How does the presence of a capsule make a bacteria potentially more pathogenic to us? (1)


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