Mesh term Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Tests
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Description
A method where a culturing surface inoculated with microbe is exposed to small disks containing known amounts of a chemical agent resulting in a zone of inhibition (usually in millimeters) of growth of the microbe corresponding to the susceptibility of the strain to the agent.Search for this term in our Faculty Database
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