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Resistant bacteria will exhibit a large zone of inhibition during a Kirby-Bauer diffusion test.
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Question 7 of 11
Resistant bacteria will exhibit a large zone of inhibition during a Kirby-Bauer diffusion test.
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The answer is False: Resistant bacteria will exhibit a large zone of inhibition during a Kirby-Bauer diffusion test.
Explanation:
In a Kirby-Bauer diffusion test, antibiotics are placed on a culture of bacteria to see how effective they are at inhibiting bacterial growth.
A "zone of inhibition" is the area around the antibiotic disk where bacteria cannot grow. The size of this zone indicates the effectiveness of the antibiotic.
Resistant bacteria will not be inhibited by the antibiotic, resulting in a small or nonexistent zone of inhibition.
Therefore, resistant bacteria will not exhibit a large zone of inhibition; instead, they will show a small or no zone of inhibition.