The Kirby-Bauer Test Uses an Agar Surface, Seeded with the Test

question 78

True/False

The Kirby-Bauer test uses an agar surface, seeded with the test bacterium, to which small discs containing a specific concentration of several drugs are placed on the surface.

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Definitions:

Chemiosmosis

A process by which ATP is generated in the mitochondria through the movement of hydrogen ions across a membrane.

Inner Mitochondrial Membrane

The membrane inside mitochondria that is the site of the electron transport chain and ATP (adenosine triphosphate) production.

Electron Transport Chain

A series of complexes that transfer electrons from electron donors to electron acceptors via redox reactions, coupled with the transfer of protons across a membrane to generate ATP.

ATP Formation

The biochemical process by which cells generate adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a molecule that stores and transfers energy within cells.