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The culture-medium in the Petri dish will soon solidify. 

 Petri dishes of agar should be inverted as soon as the medium 



FIG. 33. Dilution-cultures in Esmarch roll-tubes. 



In tube i the colonies are very close together; in tube 2 they are somewhat 

 separate; in tube 3 they are well isolated. 



is thoroughly solidified, otherwise the water which evaporates 

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