Dodin A, Ryter A, Nicolas R
Laboratoire d'Ecologie bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Paris.
Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales. 1988;81(4):726-31.
In this first article, the authors present a fast method of determining the bactericide and bacteriostatic power of the germs, based on the disparition of the succino-dehydrogenase activity of a bacterium, objectified by a neotetrazolium chloride reaction. This reaction allows a colorimetric qualitative and quantitative determination of the activity of a preparation and the duration of its contact with the bacteria. This method allows a study in electronic microscopy which will be published in a second article.
