destroy bacteria * Bacteriocidal – antibiotic that kills bacteria * CFU = colony forming units Primary mechanism of Action of Antimicrobials 1. Inhibition of synthesis or damage to peptidoglycan cell wall * E.g. β-lactams e.g. penicillin 2. Inhibition of synthesis or damage to cytoplasmic membrane * Polymyxins and daptomycin 3. Modification in synthesis or metabolism of nucleic acids * Quinolones (inhibit DNA gyrase)‚ Rifampin (inhibits RNA polymerase)
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NATHANIEL JOSEPH D. GOBRES GRADE 4 – St. Catherine FOREIGN SCIENTISTS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS Aristotle Student of Plato and a tutor to Alexander the Great‚ Aristotle was a genius Greek philosopher and scientist of the ancient age. Born on 384 BC‚ Aristotle was a biologist‚ a zoologist‚ ethicist‚ a political scientist and the master of rhetoric and logic. He also gave theories in physics and meta physics. Aristotle gained knowledge in different fields with his expansive mind and prodigious writings
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` Study Guide for Exam 1 Chapter 1: 1. What is a “microbe”? What groups of organisms are included in this category? Microbes (microorganisms) are minute living things that individually are too small to be seen with the unaided eye the group includes bacteria‚ fungi‚ protozoa‚ and microscopic algae‚ viruses Only minority of microorganisms are pathogenic(disease-producing) 2. What are some of the benefits provided by microbes? Decompose organic waste‚ producers in the ecosystem
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Bacterial diseases: Introduction Bacterial diseases include any type of illness or disease caused by bacteria‚ a type of microbe. Microbes are tiny organisms that cannot be seen without a microscope and include viruses‚ fungi‚ and some parasites as well as bacteria. The vast majority of bacteria do not cause disease‚ and many bacteria are actually helpful and even necessary to good health. Millions of bacteria normally live on the skin and in the intestines and can also be found on the genitalia
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Medical Experiments on Prisoners Biology October 19‚ 2012 Good and bad exist in every society. No one or thing is perfect whether one is referring to inanimate objects‚ plants‚ food or humans. The movie “The Bad Seed” was based on the life of two children. One child was “good” and one theoretically bad. It made the statement that some people are predetermined to be “bad” or evil. The value of an object or person is determined by who is looking. Even when one makes bad choices
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industrial ways that it was done earlier. The industrial biotechnology society usually accepts an informal divide between manufacturing and pharmaceutical biotechnology. An example would be that of company rising fungus to produce antibiotics‚ e.g. penicillin from the penicillium fungi. Some additional examples of branches of biotechnology are blue biotechnologies that deal with marine and a marine usage of biotechnology‚ but that is not very extensively used. When discussing about not the straight
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Drug Administration: FDA’S Strategy on Antimicrobial Resistance - Questions and Answers‚ 2017). The quicker agriculture animals grow‚ the faster they will be able to go to the butcher‚ and the quicker this meat goes to supermarkets. “Tetracyclines‚ penicillin‚ streptomycin soon began to be common additives in feed for livestock and poultry” (Effects of Antibiotics on Animal Feed‚ 2016). Because agriculture animals are given antibiotics‚ as in people‚ over time‚ their bacteria has a high chance of becoming
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Kasturba suffered from chronic Bronchitis and the stress on top of that she had tremendous amount of stress during the Quit India Movements arrest also aggravated her illness. She contracted pneumonia but her husband disagreed with the use of penicillin. She died of a major heart attack on February 22‚ 1944. Gandhi died in January 30‚ 1948 after Kasturba and he were married for 62
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Turkey Pharmaceutical Market Intelligence Report Quarter IV 2006 A World Pharmaceutical Market Report ISSN 1460-0781 © Copyright 2006 Espicom Business Intelligence All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means graphic‚ electronic or mechanical‚ including photocopying‚ recording‚ taping or storage in information retrieval systems without the express permission of the publisher. Every care has been taken to ensure that the information
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are the important reason. It is said that the development of the medical science make great responses. In 1900s‚ most of people around the world had suffered from fatal disease such as smallpox‚ malaria‚ and so on. Furthermore‚ the invention of penicillin has also change the world. It is such an efficient medicine that can cure most of the bacteria-caused disease. It even helped allies win the World War 2 against axis‚ which has no antibiotic to deal with the injuries. Moreover‚ the developed countries
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