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  2. Antibiotic sensitivity testing - Wikipedia

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    Over time, methods for testing the sensitivity of bacteria to antibiotics have developed and changed. [25] Alexander Fleming in the 1920s developed the first method of susceptibility testing. The "gutter method" that he developed was a diffusion method, involving an antibiotic that was diffused through a gutter made of agar. [25]

  3. Microbiological culture - Wikipedia

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    A microbiological culture, or microbial culture, is a method of multiplying microbial organisms by letting them reproduce in predetermined culture medium under controlled laboratory conditions. Microbial cultures are foundational and basic diagnostic methods used as research tools in molecular biology .

  4. Factor XII - Wikipedia

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    Factor XII deficiency is a rare disorder that is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. [19] Unlike other clotting factor deficiencies, factor XII deficiency is totally asymptomatic and does not cause excess bleeding. [19] Mice lacking the gene for factor XII, however, are less susceptible to thrombosis. The protein seems to be involved in ...

  5. Disk diffusion test - Wikipedia

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    The disk diffusion test (also known as the agar diffusion test, Kirby–Bauer test, disc-diffusion antibiotic susceptibility test, disc-diffusion antibiotic sensitivity test and KB test) is a culture-based microbiology assay used in diagnostic and drug discovery laboratories. In diagnostic labs, the assay is used to determine the susceptibility ...

  6. McFarland standards - Wikipedia

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    The standard can be compared visually to a suspension of bacteria in sterile saline or nutrient broth. If the bacterial suspension is too turbid, it can be diluted with more diluent. If the suspension is not turbid enough, more bacteria can be added. McFarland nephelometer standards:{2}

  7. Contact activation system - Wikipedia

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    FXII and PK are proteases and HK is a non-enzymatic co-factor. The CAS can activate the kinin–kallikrein system and blood coagulation through its ability to activate multiple downstream proteins. The CAS is initiated when FXII binds to a surface and reciprocal activation of FXII and PK occurs, forming FXIIa and PKa.

  8. Minimum inhibitory concentration - Wikipedia

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    Increasing bacterial outbreaks and newer strains of Microbes and Pathogen invading our lives daily, there is an increasing need to Test these microbes. Mutating Bacteria poses a higher risk to humans more than ever and thus MIC Test is important to ensure we are one step ahead of them.

  9. Inoculation loop - Wikipedia

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    The size of the loop determines the volume of liquid an inoculation loop can transfer. An early report of the use of an inoculation loop as an analytical tool was by O'Sullivan et al. [3] in a 1960 published protocol developed to improve methods for culturing urine samples. A 3mm diameter loop was used to deliver a consistent volume of urine ...