Clear area on agar that surrounds a filter paper disk on the disk diffusion tests and represents inhibited growth of a test microorganism is called:

A) minimum inhibitory concentration
B) minimum bactericidal concentration
C) zone of inhibition
D) serum killing power


Ans: C) zone of inhibition

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