Abstract
To study postantibiotic effect, viable counts are routinely acquired by the pour plate technique. However, this technique is laborious and time-consuming; the required sample dilutions also cause excessive errors and material wastage. A new total cell counting technique in which a Coulter counter is used to obtain more efficient postantibiotic effect measurements has been developed.
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