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How is the microbe that makes penicillin different from the one that makes streptomycin?
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- why is peptidoglycan synthesis inportant in antibiotic activity? why do antibiotics not interfere with cell wall synthesis in the host cells?1) What is NDM-1? How can NDM-1 spread to different types of bacteria? 2) Why are Gram negative bacteria so much harder to treat with antibiotics? 3) What is KPC? Where does it live?Why must the top agar be supplemented with maltose? A) Maltose allows for binding of the phage to the E. Coli and aids in the infection process B) Maltose helps stabilize the phage within the media
- Why is it necessary to develop new generations of antimicrobial medications?Why is the fact that Pseudomonas species can grow in nutrient-poorenvironments medically important?What makes bacterial diseases such as Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium perfringens & Clostridium tetani very effective to cause infection in a human host?