microbiological assay
microbiological assay Method of measuring compounds such as vitamins and amino acids, using micro‐organisms. The principle is that the organism is inoculated into a medium containing all the growth factors needed except the one under examination; the rate of growth is then proportional to the amount of this nutrient added in the test substance.
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