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Bacterial abundance on agar particles incubated in single or in mixed cultures. Particles were precolonized by strains 30 (a), 15 (b), or 11 (c). Bacteria were enumerated by epifluorescence microscopy (magnification, ×1,000) after DAPI staining. Error bars reflect standard deviations of three parallel measurements.
