BIOL 2051 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Beaufort Scale, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Osmosis
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Unique name to a species: genus binomial name. Capitalized and italicized (ex: escherichia); first part of the: species abbreviated (ex: coil) Second part of the binomial name, not capitalized and never: strains species can contain a # of strains. An organism that has not yet been officially named. A single: phylogenetic tree related to another one. Similar to family trees and shows how one organism is: medium. Where microorganisms are grown in the laboratory. The culture medium contains nutrients, such as nitrogen and carbon, required for cells to grow: complex medium substances such as yeasts and meat extracts. Composed of digests of chemically undefined: defined medium. One of which a precise chemical composition is known: broth. Liquid form of a culture medium: solid medium. Culture medium that contains a solidifying agent (usually agar: plates. Solid media in petri dishes: deeps.
