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Streak and Pour

Separating two Pure Cultures from a Mixed Culture of E. coli (white) and Micrococcus luteus (yellow) using the Streak Plate and Pour Plate Methods.

Figure 1 and 2: Two Pour Plates. Note yellow (luteus colonies) and white (coli colonies). Also note surface colonies are larger than sub-surface (elliptical) colonies. Both plates are examples of well separated colonies.

Figure 3 and 4: Streak Plate Separation of E. coli
and Micrococcus luteus. Note well separated surface
colonies which are easily distinguished.

Separating two Pure Cultures from a Mixed Culture of E. coli (white) and Micrococcus luteus (yellow) using the Streak Plate and Pour Plate Methods.

Blowup of Plate seen below

Blowup of
Plate seen below