Assertion: e. coli | /r/CapableOf | ferment lactose
Facets:
value: on macconkey agar
type: LOCATION
value: usually
type: DEGREE
value: to produce pink colonies
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: E. coli is an aerobe, rod-shaped, motile, Gram-negative intestinal bacterium that ferments lactose and diverse other carbohydrates (see Table 3).
text: It usually ferments lactose on MacConkey agar to produce pink colonies with surrounding areas of precipitated bile salts.