 |  Microbiology, 5/e Lansing M Prescott,
Augustana College
Donald A Klein,
Colorado State University
John P Harley,
Eastern Kentucky University
Bacteria: The High G + C Gram Positives
Web Exercise
The streptomycetaceae
have produce a large number of secondary metabolites known as antibiotics. For
50 years they have been used to save lives. Today, bacteria have acquired the
genetic information to defeat most antibiotics. Read the Scientific American feature
http://www.sciam.com/1998/0398issue/0398levy.html
to answer the following. How do bacteria become resistant to antibiotics? What
are three specific mechanisms of antibiotic resistance? What prudent exercise
should be able to slow antibiotic resistance transmission?
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