EBK BIOLOGY
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ISBN: 8220100667978
Author: Maier
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 11, Problem 10LTB
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Natural selection is a natural process which favors the survival of the fittest. It is a slow and long process with increased chances of survival. Natural selection is controlled by nature and involves all types of organisms. Selection of the trait depends on adaptability and the entire population of the species is transformed. Antibiotics are the drugs that kill microbes including the bacteria. Antibiotics are effective in controlling the infections in patients through their immune system.
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Some bacteria produce the enzyme penicillinase, which breaks the beta-lactam ring in the penicillin molecule and converts it into penicilloic acid, which is harmless to bacteria. This is an example of which of the following mechanisms of antibiotic resistance?
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Preventing penetration to the target site within the microbe
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Rapid ejection (pumping) of the drug out of the microbial cell
The clear zone around an antibiotic disk
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is a plaque indicating the bacteria got killed
is a zone of inhibition
is a zone of inhibition indicating resistance of microbes
is a zone of inhibition indicating susceptibility of microbes
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Gram positive bacteria
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