Talk:Colonial morphology

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A fact from Colonial morphology appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 June 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the colonial morphology of Staphylococcus species (culture pictured) is described as "creamy"?

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 07:41, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Culture of Staphylococcus aureus

... that the colonial morphology of Staphylococcus species (example pictured) is described as "creamy"? Mahon et al., 2018, p.167, "staphylococci produce moist, creamy white to yellowish colonies", and p.173: "Staphylococcus organisms: Large, flat, or convex or possesses an umbonate center after 24 hours of incubation; shiny, moist, creamy, white to off-white"; Procop et al., 2017, p.36, "Bacterial group: Staphylococcus. Colonial type: Convex, entire edge, 2-3 mm, creamy, yellowish, zone of beta-hemolysis".

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/XCOM: Chimera Squad
Comment: Textbooks are on Libgen if you need to verify

Created by SpicyMilkBoy (talk). Self-nominated at 19:14, 7 May 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: epicgenius (talk) 19:57, 8 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]