a-Hemolysis is:
A)complete clearing of erythrocytes in a blood agar plate around and under the colony.
B)partial lysing of erythrocytes in a blood agar plate around and under the colony.
C)when organisms have no lytic effect on the erythrocytes in the blood agar plate.
D)a pink "halo" around a colony.

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a-Hemolysis results in a green discoloration of the media because of the partial destruction of the red blood cells around and under the colony.Complete clearing of erythrocytes in blood agar around and under the colony would be b-hemolysis.g-Hemolysis is no hemolysis, where the organism has no lytic effect on the erythrocytes in the blood agar.A pink halo does not occur on blood agar.

A-Hemolysis Is