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BIOL 1020 Unit 1 Module 3 Lab Assessment
BIOL 1020 Unit 1 Module 3 Lab Assessment
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Using the VUMIE Lab Manual, the VUMIE website, your notes, and in some
cases outside research, answer the following questions. Your answers must be in
the form of complete and grammatically correct sentences. Highlight your
responses or use a different font color (to distinguish them from the questions
themselves). These questions are ordered as you proceed through the VUMIE
lab exercise sections. 10 points
Growth Media and Patterns of Growth
1) Click on the M icon to find reference material on the various media
included in VirtualUnknown Microbiology, and create and complete a
table that looks like the table in Question 2 on page 25 of your lab manual.
Complex or Synthetic? Selective, Differential, Both, Neither?
Malonate broth
Synthetic
Both
Tryptone broth
Complex
Differential
KCN broth
Synthetic
Selective
OF glucose broth
Complex
Differential
Synthetic
Both
Both
2) The bacteria for this unknown are Gram negative rods. Compare the
media in the table above with the dropdown list of media available for
Nitrogen Source
Adonitol
Proteose peptone
Malonate broth
Malonate
Ammonium sulfate
Urea
Urea, Ammonia
KCN broth
Potassium cyanide
Potassium cyanide
[+]
35C
45C
[+]
55C
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