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OpenStudy (anonymous):

is streptococcus a colony or an organism?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

each dot under the microscope is an organism, independent life. The pus on the agar plate would be its colony

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so let me put it a different way is a filamentous strand of identical bacteria a colony or an organism and why?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if ur strand is made of streptococcus then the strand is a colony and each individual dot is an organism. The cell division in these bacteria occur along a single axis . thats why they appear in chains .

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yea,bang on aster i answered a similar question before

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Streptococcus is actually a genus, Streptococcus species such as Streptococcus pyogenes are organisms. When you culture them, the blobs that form on a culture medium are colonies.

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