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Antimicrobial

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Is any compound that can be used to kill or prevent the growth of one or more microorganism.

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antibiotics

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Which specifically target bacteria

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Antifungal

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Which specifically target fungi

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Anthelminthics

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Which specifically target worms

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Antiprotozoans

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Which specifically target parasitic protists

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Antimicrobial chemotherapy

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To administer a drug that will target the infectious organism without harming the host.

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Synthetic

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Drugs are made in a lab to mimic natural antimicrobials

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Semisynthetic

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Drugs are made by chemically modifying naturally occurring compounds.

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Kirby-Bauer technique

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Bacteria are spread on a general-purpose media, then premeasured amounts of antibiotics are placed on the media.

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Zone of inhibition

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This is the space around the disc where the organism did not grow.

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Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)

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By adding varying amounts of an antimicrobial to different both cultures, you can determine. For a particular organism antimicrobial pairing.

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Therapeutic Index (TI)

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Is the ratio of how toxic to humans compared to the minimum effective dose.

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Broad-spectrum antibiotics

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Are those that have a wide range of targets.

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Narrow-spectrum antibiotics

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Are those that target a small range of organisms.

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ABX

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Antibiotics

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Beta-Lactams

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Are a class antibiotics that specifically target the process of cell wall synthesis and repair.

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Penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs)

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They are bound by penicillin and other beta-lactams.

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Penicillin

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This is an antibiotic isolated from fungi of the genus penicillium.

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Clavulanic acid

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This increases the efficacy of penicillin’s in bacteria that are natural resistant.

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Clavamox

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A common drug cocktail, which is a combination of clavulanic acid and amoxicillin.

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Cephalosporins

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Are sometimes classified by ‘generation’ based on their discovery timeline.

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Bacitracin

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Is a commonly-used drug that can treat skin infections.

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Vanomycin

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Targets staphylococcus infections that are resistant to penicillin and methicillin or in patients that are allergic to penicillin.

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Isoniazid

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Is used to treat mycobacterium tuberculosis infections. They don’t target peptidoglycan.

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Aminoglycosides

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Natural or semisynthetic antibiotics derived from actinomycetes.

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Streptomycin

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Attach to the small ribosomal subunit.

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Tetracyclines

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Block the ‘entry’ of tRNA to the ribosome.

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Erythromycin

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Bind to the 50S ribosomal subunit. Block the movement of the ribosome along the mRNA

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Azithromycin

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Bind to the 50S ribosomal subunit. Block the movement of the ribosome along the mRNA.

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Folic Acid

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Is an intermediate in the synthesis of nitrogenous bases and certain amino acids.

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Sulfonamides

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Are competitive inhibitors to enzymes in the folic acid synthesis pathway.

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Fluoroquinolones

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Targets DNA unwinding enzymes such as Gyrase.

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Ciprofloxacin

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Slightly different mechanisms in gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, both eventually bactericidal.

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Rifampin

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Inhibits bacterial RNA polymerase. Elongation in transcription but never happens past the 2nd or 3rd nucleotide, so no usable mRNA is made.

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Polymyxin

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Interacts with membrane phospholipids, distorting the cell shape and causing leakage of the cytosol.

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Antifungal antibiotics

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Drugs are those that treat infections with fungi

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Macrolide polyenes

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Bind specifically to steroids on fungal membranes making them more fluid and causing leakage of potassium and sodium ions.

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Azoles

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Inhibits the enzymatic pathway that makes fungal steroids.

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Allylamines

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Inhibits the enzymatic pathways that makes fungal steroids.

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Echinocandins

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Inhibits cell wall synthesis

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Antiprotozoal drugs

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Are used to combat animal-like protists.

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Protozoans

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Are polyphyletic group of single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic, that feed on organic matter such as other microorganisms or organic debris. Historically, protozoans were regarded as “one celled animals”

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Quinines

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Combats against malaria, which are derived from the bark of certain trees

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Permeability

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If an organism can change its permeability, the drug may be less able to go in an affect cellular function.

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Horizontal gene transfer

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Bacteria can also acquire new genes, in a processes called horizonal gene transfer.

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Transformation

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Direct pick-up of DNA from environment

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Transduction

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Transfer of DNA by a bacteriophage.

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Conjugation

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Transfer of DNA from one cell to another.

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Competent

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Cells need surface proteins to recognize and take up DNA

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S (smooth) strain

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Have a capsule that allows them to escape the host immune system –> Virulent

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R (rough) strain

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Do not have a capsule, so they cannot escape the host immune system –> Avirulent

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Bacteriophage

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Virus that infects bacterium

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Pilus

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A ‘tunnel’ between two cells connecting their cytoplasm

54
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Virulence factors

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The molecules that assist the bacterium colonize the host as the cellular level.

55
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Which one is to specifically target bacteria?

A)Antifungals
B)Anthelminthic
C)Antiprotozoals
D)Antibiotics

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D) Antibiotics

56
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Which one is specifically target worms?

A)Antifungals
B)Anthelminthic
C)Antiprotozoals
D)Antibiotics

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B) Anthelmintic

57
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Which one specifically targets parasitic protists?

A)Antifungals
B)Anthelminthic
C)Antiprotozoals
D)Antibiotics

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C) Antiprotozoals

58
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Which one specifically target fungi?

A)Antifungals
B)Anthelminthic
C)Antiprotozoals
D)Antibiotics

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A) Antifungals.

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What is the overall goal for antimicrobial?

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To administer a drug that will target the infectious organism without harming the host.

60
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How many nonexistent ‘ideal’ antimicrobial are there?

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There are 9

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List all nonexistent ‘ideal’ antimicrobial

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*Toxic to the microbe but nontoxic to host cells.
*Relatively soluble; functions even when highly diluted in body fluids.
*Remains potent long enough to act and is not broken down or excreted prematurely.
*Does not lead to the development of antimicrobial resistance.
*Compartments or assists the activities of the host’s defenses.
*Remains active in tissues and body fluids.
*Readily delivered to the site of infection.
*Reasonably priced.
*Does not disrupt the host’s health by causing allergies or predisposing the host to other infections.

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What is the difference between synthetic and semisynthetic drugs?

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Synthetic: drugs are made in a lab.

Semisynthetic: drugs are made by chemically modifying the compounds.

63
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Which two fungi produce antimicrobials?

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Penicillium and Cephalosporium.

64
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Which two bacteria can produce compounds that kill off organisms that ,ay complete with them in their own environment?

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Streptomyces and Bacillus

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What should you know before using antimicrobials?

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1) identify the organism.
2) The organism’s susceptibility to various drugs.
3) The condition of the infected individual.

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What are the 3 ways of identifying microbes?

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1) DNA sequencing
2) Straining, morphology, and physiology.
3)Advanced identification technologies such as mass-spectrometry.

67
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In Kirby Bauer technique, Which ones are the zones of inhibition and which ones did not grow?

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Blue= did not grow
Purple=Zone of inhibition.

68
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Explain the steps for the Kirby Bauer Technique.

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1) After incubation, measure the zone pf inhibition for different discs.
2) The zone of inhibition for each antimicrobial is compared to a table of standard.
3) Using this table, you can identify which antimicrobials the organism is resistant to (R) or sensitive (S).

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By adding varying amount os an antimicrobial to a different broth cultures, you can determine the ____________ for a particular organism antimicrobial pairing.
(Hint: use the picture)

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Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)

70
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True or false: In-Vitro is in living host.

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False In-vitro is in a test tube.

71
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True or false: In-vivo is in a test tube.

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False: In-vivo is in a living host

72
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_________ means a drug is more effective, and therefore potentially more ideal for use in a patient.

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High therapeutic index.

73
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__________ means a drug is less effective, riskier to use.

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Low Therapeutic index.

74
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name the five targets what we discussed in class.

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1) Cell wall synthesis
2) DNA structure and function
3) Protein synthesis
4)Cytoplasmic membrane structure and function
5) Folic acid synthesis.

75
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What is the protein that allows that allows the cell wall to synthesis?

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Penicillin-binding proteins.

76
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What is the subunit of beta-lactams?

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Penicillin

77
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What happens when you do NOT use beta-lactams?

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With no beta-lactams, cell wall construction proceeds and each cellular division occurs normally.

78
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What happens when you USE beta-lactams?

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With beta-lactams present, the expanding cell wall does not fully connect, so the cell growth ‘spills out’ of the cell wall and dies off.

79
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true or false: Penicillin family will be paired with clavulanic acid.

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True.

80
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what is the combination of drugs in Clavamox?

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Clavulanic acid and Amoxicillin.

81
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What are Cephalosporins classified?

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Generation based on their discovery timeline.

82
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what does bacitracin treat?

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Bacitracin treats skin infections.

83
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What does Vancomycin treat?

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Staphylococcus infections that are resistant to penicillin and methicillin.

84
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Isoniazid is bacteriostatic when ____________ in mycobacterium populations.

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Slow-growing.

85
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Isoniazid is bactericidal when _________ in mycobacterium populations

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fast-growing

86
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Aminoglycosides such as streptomycin attach to the small ribosomal subunit and can ….
(Hint 3 things)

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1) prevent the ribosome from fully assembling
2)Make it difficult to transfer growing polypeptide.
3) Cause misreading of the mRNA.

87
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Explain what happens when tetracyclines blocks tRNA.

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Protein synthesis slows down or stops.

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