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| Uninoculated Media |  |
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| Escherichia Coli |
Colonies flat, rough in texture, appear dry. |
Colonies have black centre and usually a metallic sheen. |
Colonies pink to red and may have halo or precipitate with some reddening of medium. |
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| Klebsiella | 
Colonies raised, large wet, mucoid and often coalesce. |
Colonies raised, large with black centre, and light pink edges. |
Colonies large, raised and wet. |
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| Enterobacter | 
Colonies smooth, raised and moist. |
Colonies raised, smooth moist with black centre. |
Colonies raised and moist. |
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| Proteus | 
Colonies moist, transluscent, raised colonies may be surrounded by halo. |
Colonies raised, transluscent and moist. No black centres. |
Colonies transluscent, colorless, raised and moist. |
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| Pseudomonas | 
Colonies flat, transluscent and spreading with irregular edges. |
Colonies appear similar to those on CLED. No black centres |
Colonies flat, transluscent and colorless. |
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| Enterococcus | 
Colonies yellow in centre. |
No growth or extremely small pinpoint colonies. |
No growth or extremely small colonies. |
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| Staphylococcus | 
Colonies raised, ranging in color from white through orange. |
No growth. |
No growth. |
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| Yeast | 
Creamy colonies, dome shaped with dull finish. |
Poor growth, minute colonies. |
No growth. |
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