This picture is of two blood culture bottles. The blue top bottle is for aerobic bacteria while the silver top bottle is for anaerobic bacteria. Each bottle requires a minimum of 8mL's of blood. They are used to check blood for bacteria in cases like endocarditis. Each bottle is put in an incubator which monitors the contents for bacterial growth.
This is a series of test tubes each with the same amount of bacteria and various serial dilutions of antibiotic. These are used to determine the minimum amount of antibiotic needed to kill all the bacteria. The turbid tubes are ones where there is not enough antibiotic and the bacteria are able to grow. The minimum inhibitory concentration in this case is 0.5mg/L
And now you know.
1 comment:
Oh no you didn't!
FLICKS!
Lol.
Now I wonder how many people who read your blog are going to fully understand what you wrote...
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