A high concentration of bacteria used to produce a continuous layer on an agar plate is called a(n):

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A bacterial lawn is a high concentration of bacteria that grow and spread evenly across an agar plate, forming a continuous layer. This is different from a colony, which is a visible clump of bacteria that grows from a single cell. Plaques are clear zones on an agar plate caused by viral infection, and integrase is a bacterial enzyme involved in genetic recombination.

A High Concentration of Bacteria Used to Produce a Continuous