Pearson eText Bauman Microbiology with Diseases by Body Systems -- Instant Access (Pearson+)

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ISBN: 9780135891018

Author: ROBERT BAUMAN

Publisher: PEARSON+

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How does Penicillium escape the effects of the penicillin it secretes?

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Ch. 10 - Prob. 1TMW Ch. 10 - Some antimicrobial drugs are harmful to humans....Ch. 10 - Antibiotic Overkill A young woman was taking...Ch. 10 - Prob. 2CCS Ch. 10 - Prob. 3TMW Ch. 10 - Why is it incorrect to say that an individual...Ch. 10 - Prob. 1EDCS Ch. 10 - Prob. 3CCS Ch. 10 - Prob. 1MC Ch. 10 - In a Kirby-Bauer susceptibility test, the presence...

Ch. 10 - Prob. 3MC Ch. 10 - Prob. 4MC Ch. 10 - Cross resistance is _____. a. the deactivation of...Ch. 10 - Prob. 6MC Ch. 10 - Prob. 7MC Ch. 10 - Prob. 8MC Ch. 10 - Prob. 9MC Ch. 10 - Prob. 10MC Ch. 10 - Label each figure below to indicate the class of...Ch. 10 - What specific test for antimicrobial efficacy is...Ch. 10 - What characteristics would an ideal...Ch. 10 - Prob. 2SA Ch. 10 - Why is the fact that drug Z destroys the NAM...Ch. 10 - Given that both human cells and pathogens...Ch. 10 - Prob. 5SA Ch. 10 - Prob. 6SA Ch. 10 - Prob. 7SA Ch. 10 - Prob. 8SA Ch. 10 - Compare and contrast the actions of polyenes,...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10SA Ch. 10 - Prob. 1CT Ch. 10 - How does Penicillium escape the effects of the...Ch. 10 - How might a colony of Bacillus licheniformis...Ch. 10 - Fewer than 1 % of known antibiotics have any...Ch. 10 - In an issue of News of the Lepidopterists Society,...Ch. 10 - Even though aminoglycosides such as gentamicin can...Ch. 10 - Prob. 7CT Ch. 10 - Prob. 8CT Ch. 10 - Why might amphotericin B affect the kidneys more...Ch. 10 - Antiparasitic drugs in the benzimidazole family...Ch. 10 - Prob. 11CT Ch. 10 - Scientists have cultured bacteria isolated from...Ch. 10 - Prob. 13CT Ch. 10 - Prob. 14CT Ch. 10 - Enterococcus faecium is frequently resistant to...Ch. 10 - Prob. 1CM

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How does Penicillium escape the effects of the penicillin it secretes?

Solution Summary: The author explains that Penicillium is a mold belonging to the kingdom Fungi and it secretes the antibiotic penicillin.

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