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by schwartzworld 230 days ago
Why would it be mold if the OP was culturing bakers yeast?
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throwawaymaths 230 days ago
look at the 1:10 plate. there's colonies that isn't yeast there. luckily, it got diluted out, or, maybe that plating was a bit more careless than the others.

i didnt mean to imply that all of the colonies aren't yeast.

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flobosg 230 days ago
The culture was contaminated with fungal spores.
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