Microbiology: ... by Taxonomy (Instructor's)
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ISBN: 9780134298757
Author: BAUMAN
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 10, Problem 3CT
Summary Introduction
To determine:
The way in which Bacillus licheniformis escape the effects of its own bacitracin.
Introduction:
Selective toxicity is expressed in the form of therapeutic dose to treat a disease and the dose at which the drug could become toxic to host. The property of antimicrobial agent to inhibit a pathogen is selective toxicity. All antimicrobial agents are selectively toxic to the pathogens so that they do not harm the host.
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