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I’ve only gotten the 1+, 2 + etc numbers. How do these correspond to colony numbers?

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Mary | @mjb24 | 16 hours ago

@sarahlynn1960 These numbers relate to the bacterial load, the higher the #, the higher the bacterial load. My results have shown for example 1+ few or 3+ many. I don't know that it directly corresponds to the colony count.