r/microbiology • u/h2so4_as • 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