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Well UC Student, counting a plate between 20 and 200 colonies provides an accurate estimation of the total number of bacteria. Counting plates with less than 20 colonies would providen unreliable data, while plates with 200 or more colonies is too difficult to do with the human eye.

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Reed Keeling

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