Papillae At Biology Glossary

What is it? Small colonies that appear within or at the edge of a colony. For example, blue Lac+ papillae may occur in a white Lac- colony on X-gal plates. (For an excellent example of a papillation assay, see Nghiem et al. 1988. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85: 2709-2

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