title: Bioelectrophoresis: a rapid procedure for the identification of antimicrobial agents.
abstract: Sensitivity discs were placed on 1% Noble agar for electrophoresis in a 20 mM phosphate-buffered, pH 8.5-8.8 system. The discs were removed after electrophoresis, and the agar was overlaid with Bacillus subtilis spores in Mueller-Hinton agar. After incubation at 37 C, each individual antimicrobial agent produced a distinctive identifying pattern of B. subtilis growth inhibition. The few antimicrobial agents with similar patterns could be easily differentiated by the use of a strain of Escherichia coli containing a multiple-resistance factor. Filter discs impregnated with commercial antibiotic preparations in buffer or serum yielded growth-inhibition patterns which usually resembled those obtained from corresponding sensitivity discs.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000032:analysis*; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000187:drug effects; D004586:Electrophoresis / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents