Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 9.2, Problem 1RIA
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Antimicrobial is the common term which used to refer a group of drugs that includes antifungal, antivirals, antiprotozoal, and antibiotics. An antimicrobial is an agent that destroys or stops the growth of microorganisms.
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Prescott's Microbiology
Ch. 9.1 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Why would a mold secrete an...Ch. 9.1 - Louis Pasteur is often credited with saying,...Ch. 9.2 - Prob. 1RIACh. 9.2 - Prob. 2RIACh. 9.2 - Prob. 3RIACh. 9.3 - To which antibiotic (A, B, C, D, or E) is the...Ch. 9.3 - Prob. 1RIACh. 9.3 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Briefly describe the...Ch. 9.3 - Prob. 3RIACh. 9.3 - Prob. 4RIA
Ch. 9.4 - MICRO INQUIRY What is the difference between...Ch. 9.4 - Prob. 2MICh. 9.4 - Prob. 3MICh. 9.4 - MICRO INQUIRY How is the mechanism by which...Ch. 9.4 - Prob. 5MICh. 9.4 - Prob. 1RIACh. 9.4 - Prob. 2RIACh. 9.4 - Prob. 3RIACh. 9.4 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply What are antimetabolites?...Ch. 9.5 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Summarize the mechanism of...Ch. 9.5 - Prob. 2RIACh. 9.6 - MICRO INQUIRY What is the mechanism by which...Ch. 9.7 - Prob. 1RIACh. 9.7 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Why is malaria, like...Ch. 9.7 - Prob. 3RIACh. 9.8 - Prob. 1RIACh. 9.8 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply What is parenteral...Ch. 9.8 - Prob. 3RIACh. 9.8 - What are the primary medical practices that result...Ch. 9 - What advantage might soil bacteria and fungi gain...Ch. 9 - Prob. 2CHICh. 9 - Prob. 3CHICh. 9 - Prob. 4CHI
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