Question

A young scientist suggests that a chemical found on the skin of frogs can be used as an antibiotic. Explain how the Kirby-bauer disk technique could be used to support this hypothesis.

Answer 1

Kirby Bauer disk technique is a method to determine sensitivity of microorganisms yo antimicrobial drugs. The greater the efficacy of the chemical the larger zone of inhibition on around the drug containing disks at lowest concentration possible or the minimum inhibitory concentration. If the chemical found on the skin of frogs produce a large zone of inhibition at a very low concentration of the drug this can be a good antibiotic.