Colonies are round to irregular, with entire to undulate margins. May become yellow. and then brown or black after prolonged incubation. Hemolytic. Aerobic, do not grow anaerobically. Growth temperature from 3-20 ÂºC to. 35-45 ÂºC. Optimum temperature is 30 ÂºC.
The 2016 Dighton, Massachusetts, population is 7,399. There are 336 people per square mile (population density).
The population was 44,654 at the 2010 census. It is bordered by Longmeadow, Massachusetts and East Longmeadow, Massachusetts to the north, Somers to the east, East Windsor and Ellington to the south, and the Connecticut River (towns of Suffield and Windsor Locks) to the west.