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... that the colonial morphology of Staphylococcus species (example pictured) is described as "creamy"?
Mahon et al., 2018, p.167, "staphylococci produce moist, creamy white to yellowish colonies", and p.173: "Staphylococcus organisms: Large, flat, or convex or possesses an umbonate center after 24 hours of incubation; shiny, moist, creamy, white to off-white";
Procop et al., 2017, p.36, "Bacterial group: Staphylococcus. Colonial type: Convex, entire edge, 2-3 mm, creamy, yellowish, zone of beta-hemolysis".