Lawn. (Science: microbiology) a uniform and uninterrupted layer of bacterial growth, in which individual colonies cannot be observed.Jun 24, 2021
What are isolated colonies?
An isolated colony thus represents a "pure culture," a visible mass of genetically identical bacterial cells which originated from one "mother cell." Once you have obtained isolated colonies you can then identify and study the characteristics of that pure culture.
What is lawn growth in bacteria?
Bacterial lawn is a term used by microbiologists to describe the appearance of bacterial colonies when all the individual colonies on a Petri dish agar plate merge to form a field or mat of bacteria.
What are the growth factors required for bacterial growth?
- Nutrition concentration.
- Temperature.
- Gaseous concentration.
- pH.
- Ions and salt concentration.
- Available water.