It depends. If you streaked for isolation with a wire and ended up with a lawn, that's certainly mysterious. If you spread an aliquot of liquid with cells in it, then the lawn makes more sense. If that is the case, I suggest diluting your liquid sample with a bit of growth medium. Maybe try a few plates, at 1/10, 1/100, ect. Those would probably give distinct colonies.
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