In this chapter, we describe how to determine the kill kinetics and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of a compound against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Techniques are described for three conditions: actively growing aerobic bacteria, and non-replicating bacteria induced by nutrient starvation and/or low pH. Each technique involves determining the number of viable bacteria in the presence of several concentrations of compound over 3 weeks. Guidelines for how to interpret the results, to determine if growthinhibitory compounds are bactericidal or bacteriostatic and also whether compounds exhibit time-dependent or concentration-dependent kill are provided.
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Early, J., & Alling, T. (2015). Determination of compound kill kinetics against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1285, 269–279. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2450-9_16
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