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The End Zone: Measuring Antimicrobial Effectiveness with Zones of Inhibition Introduction: A Kirby-Bauer test is a microbiological method used as a form of testing bacterial resistance, it’s also known as a Zone of Inhibition test (1). The way in which the Zone of Inhibition was determined in this experiment was by measuring the diameter of the resisted zone in 3 areas and taking an average. As numerical data was required for this it means that in this experiment the Zone of Inhibition Test was…

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The Effect of Carbon Sources on Yeast Growth Introduction Biofilms are encountered every day through a multitude of ways whether it’s by dental plaque on our teeth, in our showers or on medical equipment. (Hall-Stoodley 2004). A biofilm is formed when single bacterial cells stick to each other (Schussler 2014). Biofilms as a group converse and work together as a complex unit which allow them to be effective in growing, surviving and reproducing (Liu et al. 2015). Moreover, yeast biofilms are an…

wrongdoings, or seek vengeance in punishing wrongdoings. Both can make a person feel better and both have value. But one has more value than the other. Virtue is more valuable than vengeance, because being virtuous is more healthy than wanting vengeance. “A Dish Best Served Cold” by Aminatta Forna details Laura Blumenfeld’s own experiences with virtue and vengeance and how her relationships with others have become. To begin with, Laura Blumenfeld’s mental health dwindled after her father was…

Day 1: On the first day of testing the unknown bacteria, B7 was aseptically inoculated in four different ways. The first procedures that were done was the inoculation of a nutrient broth tube, nutrient agar slant, and a nutrient agar plate. These three inoculations are all done with a loop. The first of these three procedures is the inoculation of B7 into the nutrient broth agar. First, the tip of the loop is flamed in the blue cone of the Bunsen burner at a 45-degree angle to sterilize and prep…

Two Ingredients. One name. Just like me, feijao e arroz is a simple Brazilian dish that consists of only two things, beans and rice. I am also made of only two ingredients, my ethnicities include Japanese from my dad, and Brazilian from my mom. Living in a multicultural household my family has merged two completely different cultures into one, so to speak. Everything down to our values, traditions, and language is a direct reflection of my cultural identity. Our family values is a combination…

Preparation: • Suspend the 40 g blood agar powder in 1 liter of distilled water. • Bring to the boil to dissolve completely. • Sterilize by autoclaving at 1210C for 15 minutes. • Cool to 45-500C. • For blood agar add 7% of sterile defibrinated blood. • Avoid Air bubbles. • Dispense into sterile plates while liquid. Blood culture: A blood culture is a test that looks for germs such as bacteria or fungi in the blood. Blood agar and Macconkey agar are used for culturing. Procedure: • Sample is…

Purpose To observe how the same ingredients can still have different taste. To note how different sizes can manipulate the outcome of the dish. To detect the different textures that can be achieved from physical changes. Materials The ingredients that were used to achieve the final products were 1 tomatoes, ½ jalapeno, seeded, ¼ red onion, 3 sprigs cilantro, ½ tbsp. Lime juice, ½ tsp salt, ½ cumin. To make enough for the entire class, the measurements-- excluding the jalapenos-- were doubled.…

Oral Microbiome 10: Reflection 3 One a daily basis the human mouth can come in contact with many different materials and organisms. “The human mouth is home to billions of individual microorganisms, including viruses, protozoa, fungi, archaea, and bacteria” (University of Minnesota Department of Biology Teaching and Learning, 2016, p. 21). In specific, during this lab we are looking at Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) and Lactobacilli. In studies, it has been shown that yogurt has helped…

Objective I. To learn how to inoculate the nutrient broth properly in preventing contamination to the nutrient broth and the culture Escherichia Coli. This is done by sterilized the loop and sterilized the neck of the tub with heat from before use and before put the cape on. II. To learn how to do a simple streak of an E. coli culture on a nutrient agar plate with one stroke from start to end like a “Z”. III. To learn how to do a complex streak where we grow E. coli culture on the nutrient…