article : Elek Test

Elek Test: Antitoxin which has been impregnated in a strip of sterile filter paper is placed on the surface of the agar medium after a heavy inoculum is streaked at right angles to the position of the paper strip, and allowed to incubate for 24 hours. If the organism is toxigenic, a visible line of Ag-Ab precipitate will form.

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