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EMB
Lactose fermenters produce colored colonies on EMB and lactose-negative bacteria have colorless colonies.

A. The green metallic sheen shown is characteristic of Escherichia and Citrobacter.

B. Enterobacter makes blue fish-eye colonies.

C. Lactose-negative cells like Shigella produce colorless colonies.