MCB 3020L Lecture Notes - Starch, Penicillium, Acne Vulgaris

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Microbiology and Cell Science
• Course: MCB 3020L
• Professor: ashgar

Document Summary

Being able to control and stop microbial growth is of utmost importance to the health and wellbeing of human beings and animals alike. Unknown disease causing microbes could wreak havoc if they are allowed to replicate interrupted with no possibility of combating these invaders. The purpose of this lab is to learn the different methods of antimicrobial control, including biological, physical, mechanical, and chemical methods and how to use these to control foreign invaders. The kirby-bauer antibiotic disk diffusion will be used to determine the efficacy of the antibiotics penicillin, vancomycin, oxacillin, gentamicin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol and various reagents including mouthwash, disinfectants, and cleaning reagents against. We believe that by correctly using proper aseptic techniques, by properly inoculating. Escherichia coli and staphylococcus aureus onto agar plates, and by using the kirby-bauer. Antibiotic disk diffusion method, we will be able to determine the efficacy of each agent against the two species.