Posted on November 10th, 2008 in Antibiotics
lina asked:
"If a paper disc soaked in antibiotic was placed on one of your bacterial colonies, how would the appearance of the Petri dish change? Explain why."
"If a paper disc soaked in antibiotic was placed on one of your bacterial colonies, how would the appearance of the Petri dish change? Explain why."
The bacteria would die, but I don't know what that looks like. Would the colony just disappear, or turn brown or something? And could the antibiotic spread and affect the other colonies on the Petri dish?
Tags: Bacteria, Bacterial Colonies