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Antibiotic resistance — is a type of drug resistance where a microorganism is able to survive exposure to an antibiotic. While a spontaneous or induced genetic mutation in bacteria may confer resistance to antimicrobial drugs, genes that confer resistance can be… … Wikipedia
antibiotic sensitivity test — antibiotic susceptibility test antimicrobial susceptibility t … Medical dictionary
Antibiotic — In modern usage, an antibiotic is a chemotherapeutic agent with activity against microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi or protozoa. [cite book|author=Davey PG|chapter=Antimicrobial chemotherapy|editor=Ledingham JGG, Warrell DA|title=Concise… … Wikipedia
antibiotic culture medium 12 FDA — an agar medium containing peptone, yeast and beef extracts, sodium chloride, and glucose, used for agar dilution susceptibility tests with antifungal antibiotics. Called also nystatin assay a … Medical dictionary
antibiotic sensitivity — antimicrobial sensitivity see under susceptibility … Medical dictionary
Kirby-Bauer antibiotic testing — In Kirby Bauer testing, white wafers containing antibiotics are placed on a plate of bacteria. Circles of poor bacterial growth surround some wafers indicating susceptibility to the antibiotic. Kirby Bauer antibiotic testing (KB testing or disk… … Wikipedia
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus — MRSA redirects here; you may be looking for Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus SEM micrograph of MRSA Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Pseudomonas — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Pseudomonas image width = 280px image caption = P. aeruginosa colonies on an agar plate. regnum = Bacteria phylum = Proteobacteria classis = Gamma Proteobacteria ordo = Pseudomonadales familia = Pseudomonadaceae… … Wikipedia
Pseudomonas aeruginosa — P. aeruginosa on an XLD agar plate. Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Bacteria — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Bacteria fossil range = Archean or earlier Recent image width = 210px image caption = Escherichia coli image is 8 micrometres wide. domain = Bacteria subdivision ranks = Phyla [cite web… … Wikipedia
