Chapter 3 – Tools of the Laboratory

Learn Microbiology from Dr. D. and his cats, Gizmo and Wicket! This full-length lecture is for all of Dr. D.'s Biology 2420 (BIOL2420) students. #laboratory #Microbiology #BIOL2420

Topics covered include: Inoculation, Incubation, Isolation, Inspection, Identification, Culture, Medium, Media, Sterile, Liquid media, Semisolid media, Solid media, Agar, Defined, Synthetic, Complex, General Purpose, Enriched, Growth Factors, Fastidious, Selective, Differential, Hemolysins, beta, gamma, alpha, hemolysis, mannitol salt agar, reducing media, carbohydrate media, colony, streak plate, clonal population, pour plate, spread plate, anexic, pure culture, subculture, mixed culture, contaminated culture, meter, millimeter, micrometer, nanometer, resolution limit, magnification, refraction, refractive index, compound microscope, simple microscope, ocular, body, arm, base, light intensity control, coarse adjustment knob, fine adjustment knob, stage adjustment knob, iris, diaphragm, aperture, objectives, nosepiece, scanner, low power, high power, oil immersion lens, 4x, 10x, 40x, 100x, contrast, resolution, real image, virtual image, magnifying power, total magnification, immersion oil, refractive index, brightfield, darkfield, phase contrast, dic, interference, fluorescence microscopy, confocal, preparing specimens, wet mount, hanging drop, fixing, staining, stain, smear technique, air dry, heat fix, staining, basic cationic dye, acidic anionic dye, positive stain, negative stain, simple stain, differential stain, Gram stain, Acid-fast stain, Endospore stain, Special Stain, Capsule stain, Flagellar stain, and Flagella.

Transformative teaching content for my BIOL2420 students from Microbiology A Systems Approach 7th edition from Cowan textbook.

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