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Can you think of a situation in which it would be better for a drug to be microbistatic rather than microbicidal? Discuss thoroughly.
To describe:
A situation in which it would be better for a drug to be microbistatic rather than microbicidal.
Introduction:
Microbicidal drugs are responsible for killing the microbes permanently by acting on bacterial cell wall, or protein synthesis, and other metabolic processes, whereas the microbistatic drugs lowers the reproduction and growth of the bacteria, instead of killing.
Explanation of Solution
Microbistatic drugs slow down the metabolic and reproductive processes of the microbes, without killing them. They can be used to preserve microbes for further experimental purposes.
Usually, a drug is preferred to be microbicidal, rather than microbistatic. However, sometimes there can be a situation in which it would be better for a drug to be microbistatic rather than microbicidal, such as preservation of food. Apart from disinfectants, microbistatic agents also include additives that are used for the preservation of food.
A situation in which it would be better for a drug to be microbistatic rather than microbicidal is preservation of food.
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