The presence of ampicillin would permit the growth of bacteria that carry the plasmid.
There won't be any bacterial growth on the LB/Amp plate if the bacterium lacks the plasmid because the plasmid is required for the bacterium to grow in the presence of the antibiotic ampicillin.Only recombinant plasmid-containing cells will be white in the white colonies.
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