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The size of the cultured colonies is usually determined by how densely the plate is populated. The more densely populated the plate, the greater the competition is among the microorganisms for nutrients. This competition results in the growth of reletively small colonies which tend to be merged together. On a more sparsely populated plate, there are enough nutrients for the microorganisms to grow sufficiently resulting in larger colonies.

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