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Q: Define sterilisation.
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Q: Define sterilization in terms of microbiology.
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Q: What are the most common methods of male and female surgical sterilization?
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Q: Why is it important for a microbiology laboratory technician to use aseptic technique?
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Q: Define sterilization.
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Q: Why is heat an effective sterilizing agent?
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Q: What temperature is considered adequate for achieving sterilization of a compost pile?
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Q: Define the discovery of spores and sterilization.
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Q: Define differential media, selective media, and enriched media.
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Q: What is an alternative to autoclaving for sterilizing heat-sensitive materials?
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Q: Why are Sterilization, Antisepsis and disinfection necessary?
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Q: Why is heat a highly effective sterilizing agent? (Answer in not more than 2 sentences)
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A: Sterilization is the process of complete destruction or removal of all forms of life which…
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Q: What other fields of science besides microbiology is the aseptic technique used?
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Q: Discuss the principle of flame sterilization.
A: Sterilization is any method that eliminates, destroys, or kills any life such as fungi, bacteria,…
Q: Which of the following control agents help to be used to achieve sterility? - Virucide - Sporocide…
A: Sterilization can be achieved through various means, including heat, chemicals, irradiation, high…
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Q: In a tabulated form, differentiate the physical and chemical methods of sterilization.
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A: A mixed culture is one that contains more than one type of organism growing in a sterile medium. The…
Q: Can pure culture be prepared directly from a mixed culture? Explain your answer.
A: A microbiological culture, also known as a microbial culture, is a way of multiplying microbial…
Q: What are the factors that influence the efficiency of chemical sterilization?
A: Chemical Sterilization is the process of removal of microorganisms by the use of chemical…
Q: How to reduce or eliminate aerial contamination inside the laboratory?
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Q: What is the difference between disinfection, antisepsis, and sterilization?
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Q: Explain what features of endospores make them so resistant to microbial control, and how sterilizing…
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- In not more than five lines, outline a method for preparation of tomato cell suspension culture and subculture.Why is heat a highly effective sterilizing agent? (Answer in not more than 2 sentences)Describe how you would execute this first stage from the point you are handed the nutrient broth tube containing the mixed culture, through to the appearance of two colony types on a nutrient agar plate. Assume you have all the necessary equipment and materials at your disposal. Be concise, but thorough; limit yourself to a short paragraph (1/4-1/2 page at most) – include the method and techniques; what you expect to see, and how you would avoid contamination during the process.
- Define the following terms; Sterilization, and Aseptic Technique. What are the differences between the two concepts?In paragraph form (about 2-3 long paragraphs), how would you characterize and identify antimicrobial agents from root samples using chromatography and electrophoresis? Please be in full details.What are the most common methods of male and female surgical sterilization?
- discuss the significance of the different aseptic techniques utilized in maintaining sterility of the cell culture lab.What will pose an ethical issue in these procedures are performed - sterilization?You are rotating sterile supplies based on the first in, first out (FIFO) principle. What would you look at? O Sterilization method Expiration date Manufacturing date Packaging material
- Write a note on different culturing, metabolic and physiological techniques used in the Microbiology Lab for culturing as well as identification of microorganisms.Create a graph of this spectrophotometric data (using Excel or the graph paper below), labeling the four stages of the growth curve- lag, log (exponential), stationary, death. Be sure to label your axes properly and give your graph a title Time Culture Sampled % Absorbance 0 min 5% 30min 7% 60min 9% 90min 15% 120min 25% 150min 37% 180min 49% 210min 50% 240min 49% 270min…In paragraph form (about 2-3 long paragraphs), discuss how to isolate and purify antimicrobial agents from root samples. Preferably using an extraction technique. Please discuss everything in detail and provide the DOI of the journal you sourced so I can cross-check it.