Will washing my biofilm with PBS interfere with my MTT assay for bacterial analysis?

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Sudhir K. Shukla

No its perfectly alright to do so.

Fazil MHU Turabe

It should be OK!

Tuhinadri Sen

You can work with PBS

Pramod Kumar Pandey

There should not be any problem. You can go ahead.

Viraj Gala

PBS is generally used to wash out the unattached cells

SEDDIKI S.M.L

it's OK, ensures you to remove the remaining liquid