What is a bacterial colony? Why would a colony of the same organism appear different on a streak plate versus a pour plate?
Bacteria colony can be described as mass of bacteria which is visible and originate from a single mother that grow on solid media. All the bacteria are genetically similar as they originate from same mother cell.
A colony of the same organism appear different on a streak plate versus a pour plate because streak plate method allow the growth and quantification of microaerophiles means this method have sufficient oxygen supply whereas pour plate method does not allow the this and used for isolation of pure culture.
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