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Bacterial Colony Morphology & Bacterial ID - P3
Tiny, punctiform, creamy white bacterial colonies characteristic of Staphylococcus, growing on Mannitol Salt Agar (MSA).
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Page last updated: 3/2016
SPO VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS
1. Normal flora from the arm; 2. obtained using an "arm plate; 3. Touch plates growing bacteria from the fingertips; 4 & 5, Various Gram-negative bacterial colonies growing on MacConkey's agar. Photos from the SPO Bacterial Media & Culture Laboratory Exercise.
Additional Sources and Resources
- Leboffe, M. J. and Pierce, B. E. (2010) Microbiology Laboratory Theory and Application, Third Edition. Morton Publishing Company.
- Bauman, R. (2014) Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy 4th ed., Pearson Benjamin Cummings.
- Colony Morphology: Describing Bacterial Colonies PDF document from Rutgers.
- Photo Gallery of Bacterial Colonies from BacteriaInPhotos.com.
Free Educational Materials on Identifying Bacteria
- Identifying Bacteria Lab Exercise Main Page.
- Bacterial Growth Media Images from SPO.
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Additional Photos of Bacterial Colonies
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