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Can colony morphology be done from a MacConkey or Rose agar plate? Why or why not?

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The colonies of bacteria growing on a solid agar plate differ in size shape, color, and texture. The colony morphology technique is used to describe characteristic features of a colony-forming bacteria on the agar plate.

MacConkey agar

It is widely used to differentiate bacterial colonies based upon their ability to ferment lactose. The lactose fermenting bacteria appear to be pink in color with a precipitation ring of bile salts, while a lactose non-fermenting bacteria appear to be colorless.

it is used to distinguish between gram-negative bacteria based upon their ability to ferment lactose.

Rose agar plate

It is an advance and improved form of blood agar which is widely used as selective growth media to isolate colonies of gram-positive bacteria

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