Biology 205 General Microbiology Laboratory Manual page 43 Data Collection and Analysis 1. Take a photograph of your incubated streak plate, you may be asked to tum this in along with your Canvas assignment. 2. Evaluate your plate, was your isolation technique successful? What improvements might you make for next time? Discussion 1. In regard to bacterial growth on solid media, what is a colony? 2. In regard to bacterial growth on solid media, what is a CFU? 3. How are the terms colony and CFU related? 4. How does dilution on the plate lead to colony isolation? 5. Why should plates be inverted during incubation? 6. Why should the bottom, agar-containing side of the plate be labeled? .