Microbes on agar -help to identify please?

[Ocean Breeze]

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Hi everyone in Lab land
We have grown some interesting greeblies on our nutrient agar plates.
Any ideas what they could be? The black mouldy ones look like fairy rings

Thanks

[bindibadgi]

It's really an educated guess when you're trying to identify bacteria/mould based on colour, texture etc.....but you can tell them that the glossy round yellow ones are probably Staph aureus, the fuzzy green, white & black ones are mould/fungi.....green probably Penicillium species, black probably Aspergillus niger, white maybe Aspergillus oryzae or fumigatus.....just a stab in the dark really, but reel off the names & you'll sound super cool
I've attached some with a few other greeblies identi-guessed too

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[linotas]

My guesses would be the same as Kiah. If I could do a gram stain I could help more!

[Ocean Breeze]

thanks for the info and attachment Bindibadgi

i will sound impresive

any idea what the black dots that are like fairy rings are? are they just mould too?

[bindibadgi]

I'd say all the black colonies are Aspergillus niger...the fairy rings & the plate covered in it. It sometimes grows in circular patterns....any idea how the double ring effect happened? Looks cute

[bindibadgi]

On the topic of fungi.....I just popped out to buy some stuff for a prac, & found THIS gorgeous thing growing in a garden bed just inside the school fence....

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[rae]

I'm sure that should come under the heading "you know your a labbie when....."

LOL

[Ocean Breeze]

asperilligus niger. Nice one!
Yes, I havent the time to go gram staining LOL.

The fungus is impressive.
Yes its definately a case of "you know youre a lab asst when...." hee hee.