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Paul A. Gulig, Ph.D.

Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

with assistance from
David Brumbaugh

 

What will you do next with colony #1?
A.  Test for antibiotic resistance.

No, you don't even know if this bacterium is causing the problem, so antibiotic resistance is not relevant yet.  You need to determine what the causative agent of the problem is first.