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Preparing Samples<br />
Media shorthand:<br />
B = blood<br />
M = maltose<br />
T = thioglycolate<br />
ME = malt extract<br />
Culturing Your Microbe<br />
From a single isolated colony subculture your microbe onto the proper<br />
agar medium. Most of the species in Biolog’s database are relatively fast<br />
growers. However, if your microbe grows slowly, you may need to streak<br />
(subculture) more than one agar plate.<br />
Incubate according to instructions in package insert. In general:<br />
• Incubate most organisms for 16-24 hours. Very slow-growing<br />
species and yeasts may require 48 hours. Slow-growing anaerobic<br />
bacteria may require even longer incubation. Incubate filamentous<br />
fungi for 5-10 days (sporulation of isolate). Slower growing<br />
filamentous fungi may require longer incubation for sporulation.<br />
• Don’t over-incubate your culture. Excess incubation can cause<br />
microbes to enter a stationary phase, during which they lose<br />
viability and metabolic activity.<br />
• For best results, subculture anaerobic bacteria twice on BUA.<br />
Prepare the suspension from the second plate only.<br />
• For filamentous fungi, subculture less hyphae for fast growing<br />
fungi and more hyphae for slow growing fungi.<br />
Table 4-1 and Appendix 2 will help you select the correct culture medium.<br />
Organism Type Organism<br />
Abbreviations<br />
Gram Negative Non-Enteric** GN-NENT BUG + B<br />
Gram Negative Enteric GN-ENT BUG + B<br />
Gram Negative Fastidious GN-FAS Chocolate<br />
Gram Positive Cocci<br />
Gram Positive Rods (non-spore<br />
forming)<br />
Gram Positive Rods (spore forming<br />
bacillus)<br />
GP-COCCUS<br />
GP-ROD<br />
BUG + B<br />
Culture Media<br />
GP-ROD SB BUG + M + T<br />
Anaerobes AN BUA + B<br />
Yeasts YT BUY<br />
Filamentous Fungi (and select yeast<br />
species)<br />
FF 2% ME<br />
TABLE 4-1: SELECTING THE CORRECT CULTURE MEDIUM<br />
**Many agriculture organisms should be grown on BUG (w/o Blood). For<br />
listing, see Appendix 4.<br />
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