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I did a cell count of a new vial and an 8 day 500mL starter on a stirplate.
The new vial had 8.65 Billion cells and the starter had 150 Billion cells
New vial (click to enlarge):
500mL starter (click to enlarge):
You can see the morphology change once it's put into a starter. Some of the cells start to chain together and elongate. It also had incredible growth, a sacch strain would grow to ~60 Billion under the same conditions.
The new vial had 8.65 Billion cells and the starter had 150 Billion cells
New vial (click to enlarge):
500mL starter (click to enlarge):
You can see the morphology change once it's put into a starter. Some of the cells start to chain together and elongate. It also had incredible growth, a sacch strain would grow to ~60 Billion under the same conditions.