Summary: Microbiology 12

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  • Substances that are naturally produced by certain microorganisms that can inhibit or destroy other microorganisms are called

    Antibiotics
  • Antimicrobials effective against a wide variety of microbial types are termed

    Broad-spectrum drugs
  • Important characteristics of antimicrobial drugs include

    All of the choices are correct (low, high toxicity, do not cause serious SE, stable and soluble)
  • The use of a drug to prevent imminent infections is called

    Prophylaxis
  • The use of any chemical in the treatment, relief or prophylaxis of a disease is called

    Chemotherapy
  • Antibiotics which disrupt prokaryotic ribosomes can also affect

    Eukaryotic mitochondrial ribosomes
  • Drugs that insert on the ___ ribosomal subunit prevent peptide bond formation or inhibit translocation of the subunit during translation

    50S
  • Drugs that act by mimicking the normal substrate of an enzyme, thereby blocking its active site, are called

    Competitive inhibitors
  • What type of chemical will allow some bacteria to be resistant to many penicillins?

    Penicillinase
  • Which drug is used to treat cases of tuberculosis?

    Isoniazid
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