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🌈 A glowing ring 🧫 A clear zone
haloing

haloing

8.8
A clear or colored zone that forms around bacterial colonies on an agar plate, showing they break down nutrients
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : halo
  • Agar plates often display haloing when bacteria break down certain nutrients in the medium.

Examples

  • The scientist observed haloing around the bacterial colonies, which suggested enzyme activity.

  • The presence of haloing can help researchers identify specific microbial processes in the lab.

  • The haloing around the bacterial colonies was clearly visible.

  • Did you notice the haloing in the petri dish?

  • The scientist observed haloing around the bacterial colonies, which suggested enzyme activity.

  • Agar plates often display haloing when bacteria break down certain nutrients in the medium.

  • The presence of haloing can help researchers identify specific microbial processes in the lab.

Surface Forms

haloing singular
haloings plural

Morphology

haloing = halo (transparent) = halo + ing

Standard derivation from the verb 'halo' meaning formation of a halo around colonies; the biomedical use extends the basic sense but remains a direct application.

Etymology

Haloing comes from halo, a word for a 'ring' or clear circle. In the lab this ring image helps you remember that haloing is the clear or colored zone that forms around a microbial colony and shows chemical or enzyme activity.