Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 9.3, Problem 3RIA
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A Kirby-Bauer test is otherwise called an agar diffusion test or disk diffusion test. Kirby-Bauer test is used to test the sensitivity of bacteria against the antibiotics. In this test, an antibiotic disc is used and it tests the level of bacteria that affected by antibiotics.
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Prescott's Microbiology
Ch. 9.1 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Why would a mold secrete an...Ch. 9.1 - Louis Pasteur is often credited with saying,...Ch. 9.2 - Prob. 1RIACh. 9.2 - Prob. 2RIACh. 9.2 - Prob. 3RIACh. 9.3 - To which antibiotic (A, B, C, D, or E) is the...Ch. 9.3 - Prob. 1RIACh. 9.3 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Briefly describe the...Ch. 9.3 - Prob. 3RIACh. 9.3 - Prob. 4RIA
Ch. 9.4 - MICRO INQUIRY What is the difference between...Ch. 9.4 - Prob. 2MICh. 9.4 - Prob. 3MICh. 9.4 - MICRO INQUIRY How is the mechanism by which...Ch. 9.4 - Prob. 5MICh. 9.4 - Prob. 1RIACh. 9.4 - Prob. 2RIACh. 9.4 - Prob. 3RIACh. 9.4 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply What are antimetabolites?...Ch. 9.5 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Summarize the mechanism of...Ch. 9.5 - Prob. 2RIACh. 9.6 - MICRO INQUIRY What is the mechanism by which...Ch. 9.7 - Prob. 1RIACh. 9.7 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Why is malaria, like...Ch. 9.7 - Prob. 3RIACh. 9.8 - Prob. 1RIACh. 9.8 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply What is parenteral...Ch. 9.8 - Prob. 3RIACh. 9.8 - What are the primary medical practices that result...Ch. 9 - What advantage might soil bacteria and fungi gain...Ch. 9 - Prob. 2CHICh. 9 - Prob. 3CHICh. 9 - Prob. 4CHI
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