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A simple method for measuring antibiotic resistance in a community of bacteria
Type: Text
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Behr, Evalena, Browne, Trisha, Esiobu, Nwadiuto, Pelski, Ana, Samaroo, Sheynelle, Varughese, Vipin
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Antibiotic resistant bacteria infiltrate drinking water, increase human exposure, and spread into clinical settings. Regulatory agencies need simple test for ARI to monitor environmental quality. This study is first to measure resistance in a consortium of bacteria, not pure cultures. Our rapid method – “In-the-zone” (ITZ) employs a) the size of zones of inhibition b) identity of bacteria in the… more
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