METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE EFFECTS OF A GROWTH-ALTERING AGENT ON A MICROBIAL COLONY

摘要

A method for determining the effects of a growth-altering agent on one or more microbial colonies is provided. The method utilizes a growth-altering agent incorporated into at least a portion of a growth medium, and includes the steps of: (a) incubating the colony-forming units in a manner likely to cause the colony- forming units to replicate into microbial colonies; (b) inoculating the growth mediu m with an inoculum having one or more viable colony-forming units; (c) quantifying one or more characteristics of one or more individual microbial colonies exposed to the growth-altering agent; and (d) evaluating the quantified characteristics to determine the effects of the growth-altering agent on the individual microbial colonie s.