agar-diffusion method
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agar-diffusion method
a method for determining the sensitivity of a microorganism to an antimicrobial drug. The zone of growth inhibition is measured around a ditch, hole, or a filter-paper disk containing the drug and located on an agar culture medium seeded with the microorganism in question.
| agar, agamogeny, agammaglobulinemia | |
| agarobiose, agaropectin, agarose |
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