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How to check how many bacteria were killed?

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Lets say we have this bacterial culture in a jelly agar and we want to see how many bacteria would x quantity of a antibiotic kill..Is there a way to get that info?

For example, I have a e.coli culture and want to try amicillin on it and want to know (in % maybe?) how many were killed...

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Basically you would simply count the titer. Either count the whole (live and dead) titer and then count only the surviving part (either usind live/dead stain or plating and counting the survivors). You could also simply split a culture and treat one portion and compare the live titer in each case.

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