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Author: BAUMAN
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 10, Problem 5MC
Cross resistance is _____.
- a. the deactivation of an antimicrobial agent by a bacterial enzyme
- b. alteration of the resistant cells so that on antimicrobial agent cannot attach
- c. the mutation of genes that affect the cytoplasmic membrane channels so that antimicrobial agents cannot cross into the cell’s interior
- d. resistance to one antimicrobial agent because of its similarity to another antimicrobial agent
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