Lab Practical - Nena Hewette Notes

Study Guide for the lab practical of Professor Nena Hewette; Covers the following: Laboratory safety rules Proper waste disposal The difference among sabouraud agar, nutrient agar, and enriched agar Know the different forms of media The importance of handwashing The parts of a microscope How to care for and use a microscope Look at a plate and determine if aseptic transfer techniques were used. Identify morphology Determine colony characteristics Interpret a streak plate Determine the number of different organisms growing on a plate Identify by the color of the pigment produced: Be familiar with the procedures and equipment for aseptic technique Whether or not a contaminant is growing in a culture Interpret a Gram stained slide Know the reagents used, the media used