Pre Lab Quiz Kirby Bauer Method

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Pre-Lab Quiz: Kirby Bauer Method Which term best describes a drug that limits the growth and reproduction of microbes, without necessarily killing them? microbiostatic Which of the following is a mode of action antimicrobial drugs can have against their targets? Inhibition of protein synthesis Inhibition of cell wall synthesis Blockage of specific biochemical pathways, thus inhibiting metabolism Disruption of cell wall function Inhibition of nucleic acid synthesis In the Kirby-Bauer method of antibacterial drug testing, the presence of a zone of inhibition is sufficient to determine that the bacterium is susceptible to the drug and no reference chart is needed to determine if the bacterium is susceptible, intermediately susceptible, or resistant to the drug. False Which term best describes a drug that kills microbes? microbiocidal Which term best describes an antimicrobial drug that affects only one or a few microbial types? narrow-spectrum Which of the following is NOT a major category of adaptation for antibacterial drug resistance? evolving into a resistant culture In the Kirby-Bauer method of antibacterial drug testing, a zone of inhibition indicates that the drug in the disk prevented bacterial growth. True
Which term best describes an antimicrobial drug that affects a wide variety of microbes? broad-spectrum In the Kirby-Bauer method of antibacterial drug testing, if there is growth all the way up to the edges of a disk, what diameter should be recorded for the zone of inhibition? 0 mm
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