Summary: Microbiology 12
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1 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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