Table 2 Morphological characteristics of selected bacterial isolates.

From: Indigenous bacteria as potential agents for trace metal remediation in industrial wastewater

Isolated bacteria

Shape

Arrangement

Colony characteristics

Species on the

basis of morphology

SM3

Rods

Single

Nutrient Agar media

Mucoid, large opaque

and flat colonies,

Pseudomonas sp

MacConkey Agar media

Non-lactose fermenting,

colorless colonies

SM8

Rods

Smaller

Nutrient Agar media

White color, circular, and

smooth colonies

Enterobacter sp

MacConkey Agar media

Pink, mucoid, lactose

fermenting colonies