Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion test of gut bacteria: Paper sheets soaked with antibiotics are placed on a petri dish. The antibiotic concentration decreases with increasing distance. The closer bacteria ...

Giampaolo Pitruzzello receives funding from EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK). Bacterial infections are best dealt with rapidly, but lab tests to determine the type of ...

The diffusion-in-gel enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (DIG-ELISA) for antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi was evaluated using formalinized epimastigotes as antigen. The results obtained by DIG-ELISA were ...

Microbial assays are a technique to assess a compound’s potency or concentration. This is carried out by exposing microorganisms to the compound and determining its effect on them. Microbial assays ...