Question

Describe the appearance and types of the bacteria colonies, using the colony morphology characteristics you have used earlier.

Answer 1

Ans) The bacterial colonies can be described on the basis of morphological characterstics that we observe in the bacterial colony-

1)Margin of the colony-It can be

Curled, entire(smooth ),lobate, filamentous, undulate and erose.

2)On basis of elevation seen in colony-Pulvinate ,flat,raised ,covex.

3)Shape pf the colony-filamentous,punctiform,round,irregular,spindle,rhizoid

4)Colour of colonies-

Otange, black, white, opaque, red, pink, brown, milky

5)Texture of colony-

Dry-mucoid, shiny viscous, slimy moist, matte brittle, translucent, irisdiscent

6)Size-small,medium,large

So a combinatiom of these characters helps to describe the appearance and morphology of colonies.