tep 1 Staphylococcus aureus is a bacteria, that is now resistant to commonly used antibiotics, and it is now resistant to the antibiotic methicillin (narrow spectrum beta lactam class). step 2 Describe the physiological mechanism used by individual bacteria to resist the antibiotic listed in above of this Thought Question. For example, the mechanism could be modification of drug, modification of target, prevention of drug penetration,
Genetic Recombination
Recombination is crucial to this process because it allows genes to be reassorted into diverse combinations. Genetic recombination is the process of combining genetic components from two different origins into a single unit. In prokaryotes, genetic recombination takes place by the unilateral transfer of deoxyribonucleic acid. It includes transduction, transformation, and conjugation. The genetic exchange occurring between homologous deoxyribonucleic acid sequences (DNA) from two different sources is termed general recombination. For this to happen, an identical sequence of the two recombining molecules is required. The process of genetic exchange which occurs in eukaryotes during sexual reproduction such as meiosis is an example of this type of genetic recombination.
Microbial Genetics
Genes are the functional units of heredity. They transfer characteristic information from parents to the offspring.
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Staphylococcus aureus is a bacteria, that is now resistant to commonly used antibiotics, and it is now resistant to the antibiotic methicillin (narrow spectrum beta lactam class).
step 2
Describe the physiological mechanism used by individual bacteria to resist the antibiotic listed in above of this Thought Question. For example, the mechanism could be modification of drug, modification of target, prevention of drug penetration, overproduction of target, or target mimicry. (This means that you must choose a strain of bacteria that we know the characteristic of the bacteria that allows the bacteria to be resistant.)
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