• Question: what is so special about the nutrients that makes the klebsiella pink?

    Asked by anon-236375 to Lucy on 12 Mar 2020.
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      Lucy Kelly answered on 12 Mar 2020:

      The nutrient which makes Klebsiella pink is a kind of red dye. The Klebsiella uses lactose as food and produces lactic acid, this changes the red dye to a pink colour which is why Klebsiella look pink when grown on these nutrients!

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