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MIC250 Phoenix Mod 9 Carbohydrate Fermentation

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MBK – Lab Report Name: ____________________ Section: ___________________ Module 9, Experiment 8: Carbohydrate Fermentation Testing Preparation of Bacterial Cultures: Incubate the culture tubes at 35°C - 37°C for 12 hours. Do not let the cultures incubate for more than 24 hours as you may not get an accurate result! Record your observations here. Questions: A. What is fermentation? Fermentation is a metabolic process that allows production of ATP without the need for oxygen B. What is the reason that it is important to not incubate the fermentation tubes beyond 24 hours? It is important not to ferment the tubes for more than 24 hours because the fermentation process might not go properly and you would get inaccurate results C. D. What is the purpose of adding phenol red to the fermentation tubes? Phenol red is added as a PH Indicator to see if the bacteria is fermenting the different types of carbhydrates E. What is the reason that bacteria have differences in the carbohydrates that they can ferment? The difference in the ability to ferment certain carbohydrates is due to the presence or lack or presence of certain enzymes due to differences in DNA. F. What is the reason tha ...
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