LECTURE #18: IDENTIFICATION OF UNKNOWNS I

I. Maintaining culture purity (reserve and working stocks)

A. After isolating a pure culture it is important to _____________________ ______________. The chances of maintaining a pure culture are ___________________________________________________________; the more transfers, the greater the likelihood of contamination.
B. To both provide a source of the organism and to maintain purity, two different stocks are inoculated using a single isolated colony (pure culture).

1. __________________________ = used as a __________________ ___________________ for future work.


2. ___________________________ = serves as a ________________ in case the working stock is contaminated.

Growth in a reserve stock is restricted and thus the culture does not _____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________.

II. Today’s procedure
*Using _______________________________________

A. record _________________________________________.
B. inoculate an agar slant as a ____________________________________.
C.
perform a __________________________________.
D. inoculate a nutrient agar stab tube as a __________________________ __________________.

III. Preparation of Wine

A. Wine is made from a _________________ = juice of anything that can be fermented including ______________________________________or even flowers.
B. Fermentation

1. An _________________________________________________ that uses an organic molecule as the final ___________________________________ in order to _____________________________________ ______________________(NAD+). This allows glycolysis to continue and _________ to be produced!
2. In wine fermentation, Saccharomyces cerevisae var. ellipsoides (wine yeast) enzymatically ________________________________ _____________________________ (glucose and fructose) to acetaldehyde and then to __________________________.

C. The concentration of alcohol in wine is a function of the _____________ ____________________ in the must and the ________________________ ________________________. That is, the yeast produce alcohol until they can’t handle any more (generally 12 – 14%).
D. Factors affecting the taste of wine

1. The ____________________ of fruit
2. The inclusion of ____________________________ (white vs. red wine)
3. The fermentation _________________.
4 . The _________________________________ in the must
5 . The _________________ of yeast

E. The procedure

1. Add a _______________________________________________ to sterilized or pasteurized juice.
During the early growth phase, yeast grow _____________________.
2. Later, as the O2 is used up, anaerobic conditions result and ___ _____________________________.
3. The amount of ethanol produced can be measured by comparing _________________________________ readings.

Rachel Watson, M.S.
AG 5010
766-3524
Cell: 307-314-9636
rwatson@uwyo.edu