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The results from the E. faecalis were also not in accordance with the expected results. Very little growth was observed when E. faecalis was inoculated on GYE side of the GYE/water Petri dish. I expected to see more growth on the GYE side of this dish, but only a few small colonies were present. This could be due to the inoculation process only depositing a few bacteria onto the paper strip. Another possibility is that GYE does not contain the necessary nutrients for E. faecalis to grow. On the control plate with GYE on both sides, E. faecalis did not grow at all, and no colonies were observed. This showed that GYE may not be the preferred media of E. faecalis to form colonies. This could also be due to a flaw in the inoculation process.