Why do most antibacterial drugs not destroy human cells?

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: As a doctor, you come across patients whose bacterial illnesses are no longer responding to…

A: Tetracycline is an antibiotics that is used to treat the infections caused by the bacteria that…

Q: A new chemotherapeutic drug kills bacteria but not humans. Discuss the possible ways the drug may…

A: A cell is defined as the smallest unit of a living organism which is the basic structural,…

Q: Why is it incorrect to say that bacteria produce toxins to harm their host?

A: When a bacterium invades a host cell it may produce a toxin. Toxins are strong elements that are…

Q: Based on the following image, which concentration of antibiotic would be considered the minimum…

A: Minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) is defined as the lowest concentration in which an…

Q: Given that both human cells and pathogens synthesize proteins at ribosomal sites, how can…

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Q: Since there are still bacteria left in pasteurized milk, why is it not routinely sterilized instead…

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Q: Which of the following would most likely be used to lyse bacterial cells so that their nucleic acids…

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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: Why have the chemical structure of some antimicrobial drugs been modified into semisynthetics?

A: Many antibiotics or antimicrobial drugs halt bacterial infection by interfering with the…

Q: Which of the following is antiviral drug? O a. Penicillin O b. Streptomycin O c. Acyclovir O d. All

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Q: Which drug among the following inhibits bacterial protein synthesis by attaching to the bacterial…

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Q: (b) Bacteria strain that can grow in the presence of streptomycin.

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Q: Why doesn’t penicillin act against any eukaryotic pathogens

A: There are broadly  two type of cell based on the structure and function: prokaryotic cells( form…

Q: why is peptidoglycan synthesis inportant in antibiotic activity? why do antibiotics not interfere…

A: Answer: PEPTIDOGLYCAN : It is a polymer which is made up of sugars and amino acids thats forms the…

Q: How do the cytochrome P450 proteins affect drug responses?Give two examples.

A: Cytochrome P450  is an enzyme.

Q: What type of antimicrobial/antibiotic is completely synthesized in a laboratory? O Synthetic O…

A: Antibiotics are a large chemical class of therapeutics that are produced naturally or synthetically.…

Q: What is the mode of action of most antifungal drugs? inhibition of RNA synthesis disruption of…

A: An antifungal drug eliminates the fungal pathogens selectively from a host. During this process, the…

Q: Why do pathogenic bacteria make enzymes?  Name one enzyme that affects blood clotting (or clots) and…

A: Bacteria that can induce disease are known as pathogenic bacteria. Many bacteria are harmless and…

Q: Define the following terms: Bactericidal Bacteriostatic Antisepsis

A: Microorganisms are microscopic and most of them causes harmful effects in human body, but some of…

Q: Many people use antimicrobial soap to kill bacteria on their hands. However, overuse may increase…

A: Antibacterial soap is a soap which contains chemical ingredients that purportedly assist in killing…

Q: why is microalgae spirulina is most commonly used to reduce air pollution?

A: Pollution is the presence of harmful substances in the environment. These harmful substances are…

Q: why the vibrio bacteria might survive better in colder temperatures? what part of their DNA or…

A: There are several stimulus-response pathway which help Vibrio to survive better in colder…

Q: What was the first synthetic antimicrobial? - Salvarsan - Tetracycline - Sulfonimide

A: Need to find the first antimicrobial from the following.

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: Match the antimicrobial drug to its action. 1. Erythromycin A. Inhibits cell wall synthesis 2.…

A: In the following table the Antimicrobials have been matched with their actions: Antimicrobial…

Q: What characteristics make a pathogen or its productsparticularly useful as a biological weapon?

A: A biological weapon as the term suggests is the weapon that includes microorganisms and it is…

Q: Why do the penicillin and cephalosporin groups of drugs have mildertoxicity than other antibiotics?…

A: Antibiotics are the class of medicine which fight against unwanted bacteria in the system. Most of…

Q: Explain how bacteria can become resistant to ampicillin. Be sure to mention the following terms:…

A: Antibiotic is an anti-microbial substances which kill or restrict microbial growth. Their…

Q: Would there be any advantage to administering a bacteriostatic agent along with penicillins? Any…

A: Antibiotics, as the name suggests, are antimicrobial compounds that are either bactericidal or…

Q: Which of the following is not an antiviral drug? O Protease inhibitors O Fusion inhibitors O Cell…

A: Antiviral drugs - protease inhibitors ,Fusion inhibitors and entry inhibitors . Fusion or Entry…

Q: Because elemental poisons, such as heavy metals, cannot be furtherdegraded even by microbes, what is…

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Q: How is UV radiation a good type of control mechanism against microbial growth? Please explain what…

A: UV radiation is a kind of non-ionizing radiation released by the sun and other manmade sources.…

Q: What kind of drug might be made out of an antimicrobial peptide and describe an advantage it would…

A: Bacterial drug resistance is now a significant ill health everywhere the planet as a results of…

Q: Which of the following BEST describes an agent that is bacteriostatic? A) It suspends bacterial…

A: Correct answer is D

Q: ive two reasons why E. coli is naturally resistant to antibiotics like Penicillin?

A: Bacterial survival in an adverse situation, in a substrate is given as the ability of bacteria to…

Q: which antiseptic do you think will be most effective against the probiotic? Why?

A: Probiotics are live microorganisms that have direct health benefits when consumed . They are usually…

Q: Why do penicillins not kill species of Archaea?

A: Archaea are single celled-microorganisms and they are prokaryotes. They comprise of a single…

Q: Why does hydrogen peroxide are most effective against probiotics?

A: Hydrogen peroxide is a peroxide. It acts as an oxidizing agent

Q: why doesn’t penicillin act against any eukaryotic pathogens.

A: Based on structure and function, there are two types of cells: Eukaryotic cells and prokaryotic…

Q: Do all antibiotics show the same affectivity against both Gram positive and Gram negative organisms?

A: INTRODUCTION   The terms Gram positive and Gram negative are commonly used to describe bacteria. the…

Q: What are the disadvantages of penicillin?

A: Penicillin is narrow spectrum antibiotic that prevents synthesis of peptidoglycan in bacteria. The…

Q: Will all strains of an organism show the same antibiotic spectrum? Why not

A: Antibiotic resistance is the ability of bacteria or other microbes to resist the effects of an…

Q: Why gentamicin and tetracycline are not effective against eukaryotic microorganisms such as fungi?

A: Tetracycline and gentamicin are antimicrobial agents.