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Smooth colony

smooth colony

A bacterial colony with a glistening, rounded surface; this type of colony is usually associated with increased virulence with respect to that of rough colony's.


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M Biology

... to figuring it out. Here are the results of all the tests I performed. Colony morphology Circular, Raised, smooth, glistening Cell morphology Rod, Bacillus (single) Gram stain Pink, Gram - Osmotic sensitivity ...

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by ottotrac
Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:43 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: M Biology
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colony morphology

You are correct some strains of E. coli are smooth, circular and raised. (Some E.coli is iregular and rough). White and opaque also sound right but I can't be 100% positive. Do you retain your isolate on a slant or in the freezer? An new plate ...

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by BDeis
Sun Dec 02, 2007 1:42 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Help - Unknown Microbe project - E.coli colony description
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Views: 3346

Help - Unknown Microbe project - E.coli colony description

... white Opacity: translucent Form: circular Margin: entire Surface: smooth Elevation: raised Can someone simply advise me if my description is ... for E.coli? I just want to know if I was able to properly describe my colony. I already have positive tests in other areas that have 100% determined ...

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by StacyF
Sun Dec 02, 2007 1:17 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Help - Unknown Microbe project - E.coli colony description
Replies: 8
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Help - Unknown Microbe project - E.coli colony description

... forgot to get all of my information from my streak plate to describe my colony. All that I wrote down was that I thought it was circular, with an entire edge, smooth, and raised. Also I have that it looked translucent and white. I wasn't too confident ...

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by StacyF
Sun Dec 02, 2007 12:03 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Help - Unknown Microbe project - E.coli colony description
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Views: 3346

The Fiber Disease

... existence in soil and water. P. aeruginosa isolates may produce three colony types. Natural isolates from soil or water typically produce a small, rough colony. Clinical samples, in general, yield one or another of two smooth colony types. One type has a fried-egg appearance which is large, ...

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by Skytroll
Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:30 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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