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colleen colleen
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12 years ago
Compare and contrast the spread plate method and the pour plate method of doing plate counts.
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one benefit to the pour plate method is that larger volumes of cells can be dispensed. Many cells cannot withstand the warm temperature of molten agar (~45—50°C)
and therefore must be spread on top of an agar plate. Colonies are easier to enumerate on a two- rather than three-dimensional surface that favors the spread plate technique over the pour plate method.
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