Alessandra Serain

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Why some antimicrobial assays keeps the drug in contact with the culture for less than 24 hours?

I know that 24, 48 and 72 are common but less than 24 hours is "allowed"? If my drug has some activity (low IC50) against some bacteria's strains in only 4 or 6 hours, is it enough to prove its...

27 January 2022 5,392 1 View

How can I get the accuracy of a microbiological assay, comparing a serial dilution of standard ATP and ATP released from E. coli?

I have been using a t test to do it, considering homoscedastic and two-tailed t test (acceptable level of more than 70%), but I don't know if it is appropriate... Also, I don't know how much...

06 December 2021 8,631 2 View

When should I use mtt instead of cck-8?

Dear research colleagues, I know that CCK-8 is very sensitive but I have a substance that promotes mitochondrial apoptosis, so in this case, should I use MTT because its mode of action? Kindly

26 July 2021 1,193 2 View