Match the early scientists with their notable discoveries:  Alexander Fleming Howard Florey and Ernst Chain  Selman Waksman Paul Ehrlich  Choices -  discovered penicllin after studying mold growth

Q: Cell wall inhibitors –  (including Penicillins) -   Inhibitors of protein synthesis Injury to plasma…

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Q: Which of the following would not be a potential side effect of standard antimicrobial drugs?…

A: An antimicrobial drug can disrupt the host's normal microbiota. Microbiota is the group of microbes,…

Q: Explain why there are far fewer antifungal agents than there are antibacterial agents

A: Antifungal agents are the agents that cause harm to the fungal cells while the antibacterial agents…

Q: Consider that a certain antimicrobial drug prevents bacterial growth. However, when the drug…

A: ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS:- These are those chemicals which inhibits or kills the growth of variety of…

Q: Examples of Antiviral drugs that are naturally occuring Examples of Antiviral drugs that are non…

A: Antiviral medications can be described as the class of medications that are used to treat viral…

Q: You have a mixed culture of 2 different bacterial species. One of the species is Gram negative…

A: Answer: Gram negative bacilli are those rod shaped bacteria which have thin peptidoglycan layer…

Q: Which of the following are ways in which forming a biofilm can make a bacterial infection more…

A: Biofilms are a collective of one or more types of microorganisms that can grow on many different…

Q: A microbiologist is working with a pure strain of bacteria isolated from a mixed sample. Which of…

A: Streptococcus mutans is a bacteria which is often found in the oral cavity of human. It is a…

Q: Give two examples of antibiotics that act on the following: cell wall synthesis disruption of cell…

A: Antibiotics are either natural products of microorganisms or semi-synthetically produced from…

Q: Discuss why it is difficult to treat wounds infected with toxinproducing bacteria.

A: The toxin can be defined as Bacterial toxins and they are the proteins that are capable of achieving…

Q: Bacterial capsule helps in adherence of bacteria to surface in its environment. It also protects the…

A: First statement is true. Second statement is false. Bacterial capsule helps in adherence in its…

Q: When a child skins their knee and neosporin is applied, this reduces the chances of pathogens…

A: Infectious diseases are caused by pathogens like viruses, bacteria, and fungi. They can be…

Q: One of the following is considered as Fastidious bacteria: Select one: Staphylococcus spp.…

A: Bacteria are usually single-celled microorganisms that can be present everywhere. They are…

Q: which order of bacteria is responsible for more thanhalf of all natural antimicrobial agents

A: Antibiotics: Antibiotics are antibiotics that are used to treat bacterial infections. Antibiotic is…

Q: Which microbe usually initiates a biofilm on our teeth? O Staphylococcus aureus O Bacillus anthracis…

A: Biofilm is the growth of one or more microorganisms on a surface. Teeth plaque is one kind of…

Q: A term to describe physical treatments that kill microbes on items or surfaces would be…

A: Microbes are microorganisms that make up a large fraction of the atmosphere. They are present…

Q: has confirmed that antimicrobial resistance is one of the top global public health problem. Explain…

A: Antimicrobial resistance  is capabilities in microorganisms that change over time and no longer…

Q: Describe three groups of microorganisms that are resistant to certain chemical treatments.

A: Disinfectants are some chemical agents designed to inactivate or destroy microbes. Sterilization…

Q: Explain why there are far fewer antiviral agents than there are antibacterial agents

A: The primary classes of antimicrobial specialists are disinfectants (non-specific specialists, for…

Q: Give 2 examples of biofilms that may form in the human body through medical interventions

A: Gram-Native and gram-Positive bacteria can form biofilm on medical devices. Most common forms are…

Q: A common mechanism by which sensor cells in the host detect micro-organisms relies on the production…

A: The immune system of the body is involved in protecting the body against various pathogens. White…

Q: Which of the following mechanisms of action of antibiotics has the fewest side effects?   protein…

A: As already mentioned in the question Antibiotics have mainly 5 basic mechanisms, against the…

Q: When conditions are unfavorable, some bacteria:

A: Bacteria are microscopic, single-celled organisms in nature. They support many forms of life and are…

Q: what is plaque essay? what is why this lab is perform? (bact what techniques is used and…

A: To get the remaining sub-parts solved, please repost the complete question and mention the…

Q: Mode of action of antibiotics as feed additives

A: Antibiotics are chemical compounds with bactericidal (kills bacterial) or bacteriostatic (arrests…

Q: What type of microbes are often withstand and survive high pressure treatment?

A: Microorganisms are killed by high hydrostatic pressure. This pressure-instigated inactivation is…

Q: Please help me identify one way that humans utilize microbes and their products in each of the…

A: Bacteria can be found in almost every ecosystem on the planet, including inside and on people. The…

Q: What factors do you think must be considered when treating an infection present in a biofilm on a…

A: Cytotoxic T cells destroy the target cells that are present on the transplanted tissue, cancer…

Q: What specific biological compound(s) present in moringa oleifera leaves is/are responsible for its…

A: Moringa oleifera are rich in vitamins A, C, B1 (thiamin), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (niacin) B6 and…

Q: What is an antibiotic? 1.An organism that inhibits the growth of other organisms 2.A synthetic…

A: Antibiotics are antibiotics that are used to treat infections caused by bacteria in humans and…

Q: Select all that apply: What are some natural sources of antibacterial drugs? O Prions O Molds…

A: Some sources of antibacterial drugs are : Bacterias Molds

Q: Give examples of an industrial and clinical setting where quantifying viable bacteria would be a…

A: Introduction :- Bacteria are single-celled organisms that are tiny. Bacteria can be found…

Q: list 3 different mechanisms of antibacterial drugs. Example: acting on cell wall, cell membrane, etc

A: Antibacterial drugs are known to inhibit bacterial growth. Hence they are against ( anti) bacteria.…

Q: Which one of the following statements regarding antibiotics is FALSE? It is a substance produced by…

A: Antibiotics derived from the microorgansims or produced synthetically ,(wholly or partially)  to…

Q: Bacteria exhibit drug resistance only by genetic means

A: Bacterial drug resistance refers to the ability of bacteria to withstand the effects of antibiotics…

Q: Conduct additional research on the use of triclosan and other chemical agents in antimicrobial…

A: Introduction The chemical triclosan has antibacterial effects. Triclosan has been used in personal…

Q: In order to assimilate nitrogen or sulfur, A microbe must first convert it into an oxidized form…

A: Answer.):-Microorganisms play a crucial role in various biogeochemical cycles by facilitating the…

Q: The presence of endotoxins in a sterile fluid indicates: the presence of gram-positive cell walls…

A: Endotoxins, additionally called LPS, are the part of the external membrane of gram-negative bacteria…

Q: The most highly likely source of the huge global problem of superbugs emergence is: slowed down…

A: Superbugs are strains of bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi that are resistant to most of the…

Wound infections

A wound is damaged or breaks in the surface of the skin. The wound is divided into two types, they are acute wound that includes minor cuts, laceration, bites, etc, and chronic wounds that can become slow to heal including ulcers on the legs and feet. Redness, pain, and swelling are signs of a wound.