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Colony Definitions:
A macroscopically visible cluster of microorganisms in or on a solid medium.
Prescott's Microbiology 9th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton
A macroscopic cluster of cells appearing on a solid medium, each arising from the multiplication of a single cell.
Foundations in Microbiology by Kathleen Park Talaro, Arthur Talaro
Colony Notes:
Colony is defined as numerous individual organisms, especially of the same species, living together in a close association. Colony is the cluster or group of identical cells, known as clones, which are present of the surface or within a solid medium that is derived from one parent cell, as in a colony of bacteria.
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