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Research, Technology, Methods > methodology > laboratory techniques > disk diffusion antimicrobial test
Preferred Term:

disk diffusion antimicrobial test

Definition:
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.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
laboratory techniques
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • disk diffusion method
  • agar disk diffusion susceptibility test
  • disk diffusion antimicrobial susceptibility test
  • disk diffusion susceptibility test
  • Bauer-Kirby disk diffusion method
  • disk diffusion test
  • disk diffusion assay
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/299742
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