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Lab (1)

Practical food microbiology

Microbiology Laboratory Safety Rules 1- All materials and clothes other than those needed for the laboratory are to be kept away from the work area. 2. A lab coat or other protective clothing must be worn during lab. The lab clothing is not to be worn outside of the laboratory. 3. Clean the lab table before and after lab with the disinfectant solution provided. 4. Wash hands before leaving lab. 5. Any item contaminated with bacteria or body fluids must be disposed of properly. Disposable items are to be placed in the BIOHAZARD container. Reusable items are to be placed in the designated area for autoclaving prior to cleaning. Sharps are to be disposed of in the appropriate container. 6. Reusable items should have all tape and marks removed by the student before being autoclaved. 7. Because organisms used in this class are potentially pathogenic, aseptic technique must be observed at all times. NO eating, drinking, application of cosmetics or smoking is allowed. 8. Labels should be of the self-adhesive type to avoid the temptation of moistening gummed labels with the tongue. Don’t place the end of the pencils in the mouth whilst working. 9. Cultures should never be pipetted by mouth, but with rubber teats or bulbs used in conjunction with the pipette when pipetting samples or dilutions of samples which may contain dangerous pathogens or toxins. 10. Used pipettes must be placed in pipette jars containing disinfectant solution. 11. Inoculating needles and loops must be sterilized before and after use, by heating in Bunsen flame until red-hot along the entire length of the wire. 12. Test tube cultures should always be kept in test tube racks. Never lay the test tubes on the bench top.

13. Cuts and scratches must be covered with Band-Aids. Disposable gloves will be provided on request. 14. Long hair should be tied back while in lab.

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15. All accidents, cuts, and any damaged glassware or equipment should be reported to the lab instructor immediately. 16. Microscopes and other instruments are to be cared for as directed by the instructor. 17. Doors and windows are to be kept closed at all times.

Mr.\ Hamada A. A. Abu-Bakr Supervisor of food technology (413) (practical) (Practical Food microbiology)

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Aseptic Technique When working with microorganisms it is desirable to work with a pure culture. A pure culture is composed of only one kind of microorganism. Occasionally a mixed culture is used. In a mixed culture there are two or more organisms that have distinct characteristics and can be separated easily. In either situation the organisms can be identified. When unwanted organisms are introduced into the culture they are known as contaminants. Aseptic technique is a method that prevents the introduction of unwanted organisms into an environment. When changing wound dressings aseptic technique is used to prevent possible infection. When working with microbial cultures aseptic technique is used to prevent introducing additional organisms into the culture. Microorganisms are everywhere in the environment. May be found on surfaces and floating in air currents. They may fall from objects suspended over a culture or swim in fluids. Aseptic technique prevents environmental organisms from entering a culture.

Aseptic technique procedures: •

Doors and windows are kept closed in the laboratory to prevent air currents which may cause microorganisms from surfaces to become airborne. Once these microbes are airborne they are more likely to get into cultures.



Transfer loops and needles are sterilized before and after use to prevent introduction of unwanted organisms.



Agar plates are held in a manner that minimizes the exposure of the surface to the environment.



When removing lids from tubes, lids are held in the hand and not placed on the countertop during the transfer of materials from one tube to another.



Bunsen burner flam must be kept beside the working area to sterilize the air.

These techniques are the basis of laboratory aseptic technique.

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Sterilization methods The sterilization of media, lab tools, cultures, containers and instruments is one of the essential methods in microbiological labs. This method is one of the essential aseptic technique procedures.

Sterilization methods Physical methods

Heat sterilization

Chemical methods

Radiation

Disinfectants

Heat sterilization

Wet heat

Red heat in the Bunsen flame

Alcoholic flaming

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Mechanical methods

Sterilization filters

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1- PHYSICAL METHODS:A- Heat sterilization:1-Dry heat sterilization: • Hot air oven ™ Temperature (160-180o c). ™ Sterilization time (2-3 h.) ™ Uses (to sterilize the glassware such as test tubes, Petri dishes, flasks, and pipettes which are packed in stainless steel containers before sterilization . it is also used to sterilize the mineral oils and any other material which can tolerate the dry conditions with out destruction). ™ Lethal effect of this method on microorganisms(the dry hot air can make dehydration of microbial cells and oxidation of the internal organelles of the microbial cells)

2- Wet heat sterilization: • Autoclave:

™ Temperature (121oC). Under pressure of (15 Ib\in2). ™ Sterilization time (15-20 men.) ™ Uses(to sterilize culture media, diluents, gloves, lab coat and any other materials which are not tolerate the dry condition) ™ Lethal effect of this method on microorganisms (like dry heat but the wet heat is more efficient for killing the microbial cells. That is because it has the raped ability to permeate the microbial cell wall and good ability to make denaturation of the cell protoplasm.

3- Red heat in the Bunsen flame: ™ Uses ( to sterilize inoculating wires, loops and metal instruments that are not damaged by heat ™ Lethal effect for microorganisms (the flame makes burning of microbial cells found on the surface of wires and loops)

4- Alcoholic flaming(flaming after dipping in ethanol) ™ In which we dip the tool which we want to sterilize in ethanol then expose it to Bunsen flame ™ Uses(this method is used to sterilize the scalpels, spatulas, etc., with the instruments not being heated to red heat)

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B- RADIATION:• Using UV, X-RAY, γ-RAY ™ Uses (to sterilize plastic tools like plastic Petri dishes and plastic pipettes). ™ Lethal effect for microorganisms (affect cells DNA and enzymatic systems of the microbial cells).

2-CHEMICAL METHODS Chemical disinfectants are used mainly for disinfecting the skin, floors, buildings, apparatus, and for articles that cannot be heated effectively without damage.

Examples of common disinfectants:1-Ethyl alcohol: ™ Concentration (50-70%). ™ Uses (disinfection of hands and any region of the body). ™ Lethal effect on microorganisms (make dehydration of bacterial cells and coagulation of cell proteins). ™ Why the concentration 50-70%............? Because the higher concentration than 70% can make raped dehydration of microbial cell wall which prevent the penetration of alcohol through the cell wall. So, prevent the coagulation effect.

2- PHENOL: ™ Concentration (2-5%). ™ Uses (to sterilize floors and the working area) ™ Lethal effect(coagulation of cell proteins)

3-Mercueric chloride: ™ Concentration (0.1%). ™ Uses (to sterilize floors and the working area). ™ Lethal effect (mercuric ions can react with SH groups of the amino acids involved in enzymatic proteins of the microbial cells).

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3-MECHANICAL METHODS: ™ USES (to sterilize the enzymatic and antibiotic preparations which can affect by heat used in the previous methods). ™ Examples ( the cellulose membranes filters and asbestos filters) ™ Mechanism of sterilization (these filters have pore size lower than the diameters of microbial cells. So, when the liquid is passed through these filters the microbial cells are detained on one side of filter).

Cotton wool plugs The reasons of using Cotton wool plugs in test tubes and pipettes:1- To prevent microorganisms from passing in or out and contaminating either the culture or the environment. 2- The necessity of air movements in and gaseous products out of cultures. (In the case of aerobic microorganisms)

How can cotton plugs prevent microorganisms from passing in or out the culture:•

The gaps between the cotton wool fibers are even wide enough for microorganisms to pass through. However, this does not happen because microorganisms (negatively charged) are “filtered” out by being attracted to and adsorbed on the oppositely charged cotton wool.

Note:The cotton wool must remain dry because this filtration property is lost if the cotton wool becomes moist – hence the use of nonabsorbent cotton wool. For use in test tubes a plug should be properly made to ensure that it can be held comfortably without being dropped and its shape and form are retained while being removed from and returned to a test tube several times.

Laboratory Procedure • Each student has to make number of cotton plugs as the instructor will explain.

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