Microculture morphology of mycobacteria.

Morphology continues to be indispensable for primary isolation and recognition of bacteria. Under controlled conditions of growth, microscopic and gross characteristics of most bacterial species are constant, replicable, and have high differential values. This report is concerned with microculture morphology of Mycobacterium 13 mm) was then placed over each planted area. The plates were incubated in Mylar plastic bags at 37 C. At 24-hr intervals for 6 days, a cover glass was removed, inverted, and sealed with a nonfluorescent mounting medium to a standard microslide. After heat fixation, slides were stained in phenol-auramine and quenched in 10%