Skin Unknown- My last name is K so you write about Staphylococcus
The purpose of this activity is to identify one bacterial species from your skin.
Describe how you will obtain the culture from your skin, streak a plate for isolation, describe colonies, describe how the Gram stain under the microscope with the help of google images and reference materials available from the web. (1-3 paragraph)
Select your skin unknown from the the table below based on your last name, based on this organisms you will do write up in 5 columns in the next table:
Last name A to EStreptococcusLast name F to KStaphylococcusLast name I to PBacillus Species ( Not Anthrax)Last Name Q to ZMicrococcus species
Identification Table information
For each columns below:
Use this Table as a template
Description
1.how your bacteria will look like on Blood agar plate
2.describe in detail the colony color of hemolysis. 3.Describe the Gram Stain Morphology and arrangement. 4.Name two e.gs of Genus and Species name. 5.Name of Skin disease it can cause and treatment options