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Disposable plates for performing microbial antibiotic susceptibility testing with multiple channels can be inoculated with a microorganism and antimicrobial agent. The antimicrobial agent may be presented as a gradient of concentrations in the plate. The susceptibility testing plates are configured

Disposable plates for performing microbial antibiotic susceptibility testing with multiple channels can be inoculated with a microorganism and antimicrobial agent. The antimicrobial agent may be presented as a gradient of concentrations in the plate. The susceptibility testing plates are configured to allow viewing of microbial growth, and/or to be received in an automated instrument which analyzes same.

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1. A microbial susceptibility testing plate comprising a plurality of susceptibility channels arranged in side by side alignment, wherein each of said channels have a length, width and depth which are adapted to receive a selected anti-microbial agent, a microorganism, and a solid or semi solid grow

1. A microbial susceptibility testing plate comprising a plurality of susceptibility channels arranged in side by side alignment, wherein each of said channels have a length, width and depth which are adapted to receive a selected anti-microbial agent, a microorganism, and a solid or semi solid growth medium therein, the channel configuration and size selected such that, in use, the channel frames an inhibition zone length which corresponds to at least one of (a) the activity of the microorganism in the presence of the selected anti-microbial agent in the medium or (b) the length of diffusion of the anti-microbial agent in the channel in the medium.