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IT is known that the size of inoculum, affects results in tests of bacterial sensitivity to antibiotics1,2. This is due to individual differences in the bacterial population; the greater the number exposed to a certain concentration of antibiotic, the greater the likelihood that one organism may grow out.
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KAPLAN, D., KOCH, W. Antibiotic Sensitivity and Bacterial Numbers. Nature 203, 1091 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2031091a0
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