Spring (This is turned, the MAC should be on the top of the picture.)
I tried to make a cherry blossom tree branch using Chromobacterium violaceum for the bark and Serratia marcescens for the flowers and petals. Both of these microbes are fermenters, I wanted the petals to slowly leach out the pink of the MAC agar.
I wanted to give a bit of contrast with the petals and the background, so I chose the MAC agar for the color change and S. marcescens for that property and for the color of the bacteria.
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