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harmless microorganisms that live in, on or around plants and animals and decompose dead organic matter
saprophytes
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margin:
entire:
undulate:
lobate:
filamentous:
rhioid:
erose:
- texture
- smooth no irregularities
- wavy
- lobed
- thin branches
- thick branches
- irregular
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diffrent elevations
- convex: slight bump
- umbonate: nipple like
- platau
- flat rased
- raised spreding edge
- flat rased margin
- growth grown into media
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what info should you provide when describing phsical growth characteristics
colony shape, margin, elevation
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three other important factors, not phsical descriptions, typically included when describing bacterial growth in slant.
- medium
- temperature
- sample source
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produces colored growth
pigmented
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smooth texture with solid edge
filiform
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solid growth seeming to radiate outward
spreading edge
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almost invisible or easy to see light through
transparent
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rough texture with a crusty apearence
friable
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factors besides physical growth characteristics are important when recording data about an organism in broth
- medium used
- temp of storage
- atmosphere: arobic or anarobic
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evenly cloudy throughout
uniform fine turbidity
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growth at top around the edge
ring
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growth on the bottom
sediment
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membrane at the top
pellicle
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suspended chunks or pieces
flocculent
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