How would you recognize an antibiotic-producing soil bacterium on a plate crowded with other bacteria? The bacterial colony producing the antibiotic would be __________.

a. surrounded by a clear area
b. red or yellow
c. star-shaped
d. visible as masses called mycelia
e. characterized by pseudopods


Ans: a. surrounded by a clear area

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