Hi, I am Yuan and I am new to this experiment. I aim to express a protein by pGEX construct (Ampiciline), I used BL21 to do transformation, and I got some colonies on the plate(LB Amp) but when I grew them in the liquid medium. They didn't grow at all.

I am very sure I have picked up the colonies and they were in the medium. I tried a few times of transformation before I got this plate with colonies(Attached). I am very confused about it. Because If they could grow on the plate, why couldn't they grow in the medium which has the same recipe other than It has agar?

I would appreciate it very much if I could get any help. Thank you very much!

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