Why are pure cultures so important in a clinical lab?
The importance of having a pure culture, and not a mixed culture, when performing biochemical testing is that a pure culture may react much differently in isolation than when it is combined with other species. A mixed species entails contamination and, as such, the control of the experiment is lost.
What is pure culture method?
pure culture, in microbiology, a laboratory culture containing a single species of organism. Both methods separate the individual cells so that, when they multiply, each will form a discrete colony, which may then be used to inoculate more medium, with the assurance that only one type of organism will be present.
What is pure culture PPT?
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How do you isolate a pure culture in the laboratory?
Simpler methods for isolation of a pure culture include: (i) spread plating on solid agar medium with a glass spreader and (ii) streak plating with a loop. The purpose of spread plating and streak plating is to isolate individual bacterial cells (colony-forming units) on a nutrient medium.
How do you isolate a pure culture?
A pure culture may be isolated by the use of special media with specific chemical or physical agents that allow the enrichment or selection of one organism over another. The differential and selective procedures will be utilized later in this course.
What is the best technique to obtain pure culture?
Obtaining a pure culture of bacteria is usually accomplished by spreading bacteria on the surface of a solid medium so that a single cell occupies an isolated portion of the agar surface. This single cell will go through repeated multiplication to produce a visible colony of similar cells, or clones.
Why do we assume that a colony represents a pure culture?
Since all of the cells in a colony derive from a single original cell through repeated binary fission; all of the cells in that colony should be genetically identical. Therefore an ISOLATED colony represents a pure source of an organism from which a pure culture can be started.
What are the objectives of pure culture techniques?
PURE CULTURE TECHNIQUES I. OBJECTIVES. • To demonstrate good aseptic technique in culture transfer or inoculation and in handling sterile materials. • To demonstrate skill in isolation of organisms from a mixed culture using selective and differential media.
How to isolate bacteria from a pure culture?
Isolation of Bacterial Strain (Pure Culture) from Mixed Specimen – Sterilize the platinum loop and cool it down. – Take one loop of bacterial suspension. – Spread on the solid medium (agar plate) as shown on figure 4.1.1. – Sterilize the platinum loop and cool it down.
How are pure cultures isolated from mixed populations?
A pure culturetheoretically contains a single bacterial species. There are a number of procedures available for the isolation of pure cultures from mixed populations. A pure culture may be isolated by the use of special media with specific chemical or physical agents that allow the enrichment or selection of one organism over another.
How are cells separated in a mixed culture?
1. Perform a streak-plate to separate the cells of a mixed culture so that discrete colonies can be isolated. 2. Perform a pour-plate (loop) dilution to separate cells of a mixed culture and compare growth characteristics beneath and on the surface of the agar.
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