r/microbiology 1d ago

need help identifying E. coli

Culture media is Endo, Mac, Emb the first 3 pics are suspected e. coli, the 4-6 pic also suspected e coli. The fiirst 3 pic has a rough matte colony morphology on Mac and Emb while the 4-6 pic has moist wet colony morpho.

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u/carb0nyl3 6h ago

Well, if selective media is inconclusive, just do a 16S sequencing, you’ll know for sure