BIOl 230
MICROBIOLOGY

LAB MANUAL

APPENDIX A: COLONY MORPHOLOGY ON AGAR PLATE CULTURES

A. Form of Colony

B. Elevation of Colony

C. Margin of Colony

D. Surface of Colony

E. Pigmentation

F. Optical Characteristics

Animation of Bacterial Colony Morphology. © Hussein Shoeb, author. Licensed for use, ASM MicrobeLibrary.


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Last updated: August, 2017