TruemorsWhat you see here are colonies of Escheriscia coli (E.coli), which is a bacteria, gram negative rod. It is a part of normal faecal flora but is also the most common bacteria in urinary infection. It occasionally causes infections in other areas of the body.
The agar plate contains MacConkey agar, a special agar for gram negative rods, it contains salts which prevent gram positive bacteria from growing.
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at 02:53 on September 18th, 2008
What you see here are colonies of Escheriscia coli (E.coli), which is a bacteria, gram negative rod. It is a part of normal faecal flora but is also the most common bacteria in urinary infection. It occasionally causes infections in other areas of the body.
The agar plate contains MacConkey agar, a special agar for gram negative rods, it contains salts which prevent gram positive bacteria from growing.
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