Agar diffusion test

Agar diffusion test is a generic term for immunological and microbiological methods in which to be examined biological reagents diffuse into an agar medium by diffusion.

  • In the analysis of antigens with antibodies of the immune diffusion test is used (see also immunoelectrophoresis ).
  • In the investigation of microorganisms to inhibit the growth (antibiotics) or growth-promoting (vitamins, amino acids) acting compounds of the disk diffusion test is applied. A special application of the disk diffusion test is the Hemmhof test.
  • An immunochemical test method
  • Microbiological test method
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