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A colony on an agar plate that is slightly and equally elevated and unbroken would be classified as

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The right answer is a raised, circular colony.

In biology, a colony (from Latin colonia) is a group of individual organisms belonging to the same living species grouped together in a particular way of life.

The appearance of the colonies is the primary character used to guide the diagnosis made by the bacteriologist.

The shape of the colonies depends on:

A) intrinsic factors to the bacteria:

- mobility

- morphology: size, shape, contour, relief, surface

- production of a capsule

- production of extracellular material

- pigmentation

- presence of fimbriae

B) extrinsic factors:

- Gradients of solutes created around the colony

- presence of dyes in the culture medium


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