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Competition: Microorganisms In A Petri Dish

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When species encounter each other in an environment, competition over things such as space and resources is very likely to occur. Unlike the more well-known hierarchal competition, intransitive competition occurs between organisms that cannot be ordered from most to least competitive. An example of this type of competition is the game rock-paper-scissors. Rock beats scissors, scissors beat paper, and paper beats rock. When any two of the competitors face off, one outcompetes the other. However, when all three competitors are in play, they all survive. This same type of competition can be observed between organisms in an ecosystem and even microorganisms in a petri dish. This experiment was carried out to observe the effect of Gram positive

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