"We've got colonies!" Zuo Gaoming suddenly cried out in delight.
Tao Miaochun and Lu Chengen immediately crowded over, warily eyeing Zuo Gaoming's dozens of Petri dishes.
"Where?" Song He also ran over to look.
"Here!" Zuo Gaoming picked up a Petri dish. In the slightly yellow Culture Medium, a yellow colony the size of a millet grain had emerged in the corner, tiny and adorable.
Tao Miaochun and Lu Chengen exchanged a glance and sighed softly.
Once the student surpassed the teacher, the teacher starved to death. Zuo Gaoming's skill at cultivating bacteria had always been the best in the laboratory. He was even faster than the professors, making them feel that their glory had faded with age.
Now that the first colony had appeared, gathering three colonies would only take a few minutes.
It seemed that this brief competition had already been decided!
The professors sighed, while Zuo Gaoming was ecstatic, practically on the verge of dancing for joy!
He bent down and excitedly examined the other Petri dishes with the naked eye. As long as he found two more colonies, he would be able to claim credit with Professor Ma!
"Does this count as a colony? It's so tiny," Song He asked doubtfully.
Zuo Gaoming revealed the smile of a victor. "Of course it counts! If you don't believe me, ask Professor Ma."
Song He turned around. The old man in the wheelchair gave a slight nod.
"When a colony becomes visible to the naked eye, it means that a dominant bacterium has defeated all the others and occupied the nearby living space. Next comes explosive growth!" Professor Ma explained. "So the judging standard is visibility to the naked eye."
"Then I've already won," Song He said.
Everyone looked at him.
"All my Petri dishes are full of