Kirby Bauer

Question 1

Natural antimicrobial agents produced by microorganisms to kill other bacteria.

Answer 1

Antibiotics

Question 2

A tool used for measuring the effectiveness of antimicrobials against pathogenic microbes.

Answer 2

Kirby-Bauer test

Question 3

When creating a culture to be used for a Kirby Bauer test what inoculation technique do you use?

Answer 3

The bacterial lawn technique

Question 4

What type of agar is used in the Kirby Bauer test?

Answer 4

Mueller Hinton Agar

Question 5

This Clear zone will appear around the disk where growth has been inhibited

Answer 5

Zone of inhibition

Question 6

If bacteria are able to grow in the presence of the antibiotic they are said to be

Answer 6

Resistant

Question 7

If bacteria are inhibited from growing in the presence of the antibiotic they are said to be

Answer 7

Susceptible

Question 8

The zone of inhibition should be measured in

Answer 8

Millimeters

Question 9

An adaptive response in which microorganisms begin to tolerate an amount of drug that would normally be inhibitory

Answer 9

Drug resistance

Question 10

Prevents peptide bond formation during translation.

Answer 10

Chloramphenicol

Question 11

Interferes with DNA replication

Answer 11

Ciprofloxacin

Question 12

Inhibits cross-linking of the cell wall’s peptidoglycan.

Answer 12

Penicillin

Question 13

Interferes with translation via interaction with ribosome (interferes with tRNA attachment)

Answer 13

Tetracycline

Question 14

Inhibits purine and pyrimidine synthesis

ultimately affecting the production of folic acid synthesis

Answer 14

Trimethoprim

Question 15

Interferes with 30s ribosomal subunit during translation.

Answer 15

Streptomycin

Question 16

Poor uptake of drugs, Inactivation of drugs and Altered Targets are examples of

Answer 16

Resistance Mechanisms