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What are the stains and the procedures of Gram staining? Name 4 things that may go wrong when you are Gram staining.
Describe where the higher solute concentration is (inside or outside of the cell) and describe the effect of that solution on a typical bacterial cell.
Name four factors that can also affect the diameter of the zone of inhibition, aside from the type of antibiotic, its concentration, temperature incubation time
Describe the mechanism of inhibition of sulfa drugs. What organisms are killed by the following drugs: Polyenes, and Miconazole.
In a genetic sequence, what is the purpose of both K and W? Why is this done? What is the purpose of both Y and R present in 1 genetic sequence?
Can scientists ever be completely objective when conducting research? Why or why not? What might be the consequences of emotion in scientific research?
A theoretical number is all that can be presumed without know what the exact molecule is and the exact process it takes through the metabolic pathways.
What were some of the suspected animal source for the new COVID-19 virus? Which has been confirmed to be the source now?
Discuss function that enzyme Reverse Transcriptase plays in HIV replication. What is AZT and how does it work as antiviral drug in treatment of HIV infection?
What is Arenavirus? That must include some specific information too - the virus itself and significant information about the disease itself.
What is one problem you feel better able to solve? What skills and information will you use from this course to solve that problem?
What clinical significance does this virus have for humans? What is mode of transmission to humans? What is worldwide geographic distribution for this virus?
Listen to 30 minutes worth of Science Friday. Write a one to two page summary/essay and response to what you listen to.
Compare the calculate GT with expected GT for both temp and compare turbidity vs viable count method.
What is a wild-type strain and what is a mutant strain in microbiology? Describe how mutant strains of microorganisms arise in nature.
What are the advantages of using high-throughput sequencing techniques? Explain one example of a High-throughput sequencing technique.
Describe the protocol used in the pyrosequencing technique. Explain how pyrosequencing is different from the Sanger sequencing technique.
Explain how the energy of a toy car is transformed as it slides down a ramp. Give evidence that the energy of the car remains the same at all points on ramp?
You will also study how buffers work when acids or bases are added to a solution. This activity will require about 2 hours.
How can I isolate Lactobacillus from other Lactic acid forming microbes? I need to develop a flowchart starting with a gram stain with 3 or 5 subsequent steps.
The following results were obtained on a patient. What is the most likely reason for these reactions? What should your next step be after repeat testing?
Explain some of the technologies that have been developed to allow this goal to be realized. What are some of the achievements and challenges?
Solution A contains 2mg MgCl2, 4mg atropine sulphate and 3mg MgSO4 in 80ml. What volumes of A and B will you mix together to produce 10ml isotonic solution?
Define the term metagenomics and list its advantages and disadvantages. Discuss at least one example of a discovery made using metagenomics.
Define each subdiscipline listed below and give an example of each. Give opinion on mandatory vaccinations and whether or not you are for or against them.