colony

colony

 [kol´o-ne]

a discrete group of organisms, as a collection of bacteria in a culture.

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col·o·ny

(kol'ŏ-nē),

1. A group of cells growing on a solid nutrient surface, each arising from the multiplication of an individual cell; a clone.

2. A group of people with similar interests, living in a particular location or area.

[L. colonia, a colony]

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colony

(kŏl′ə-nē)

n. pl. colo·nies

1. A group of the same kind of animals, plants, or one-celled organisms living or growing together.

2. A visible growth of microorganisms, usually in a solid or semisolid nutrient medium.

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col·o·ny

(kol'ŏ-nē)

1. A group of cells growing on a solid nutrient surface, each arising from the multiplication of an individual cell; a clone.

2. A group of people with similar interests, living in a particular location or area.

[L. colonia, a colony]

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colony

A local growth of large numbers of micro-organisms derived from one individual (a clone) or from a small number. A visible growth of bacteria or other microorganisms on a nutrient medium in a culture plate.

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colony

1. an aggregated group of separate organisms such as birds, which have come together for a specific purpose such as breeding.
2. a group of incompletely separated individuals organised in associations, as in some hydrozoan COELENTRATES and polyzoans.
3. a localized population of microorganisms, e.g. bacteria, derived from a single cell grown in culture.

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