Does anybody know the meaning of obscure phages plaques?

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Do they deteriorate with time? And is there any way of getting them more clear?

Cloudy, turbid plaques can indicate a temperate phage. The cells that incorporate the virus as prophage (lysogeny) continue to replicate, causing the turbid plaque. This is a stable characteristic of temperate phage.

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