Polypeptide antibiotics that act as detergents and distort bacterial cellular membranes do so by:
A) acting as antimetabolites
B) inhibiting cell wall synthesis
C) disrupting cell membrane function
D) inhibiting nucleic acid synthesis
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Q4: Mechanisms of bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents
Q7: Destruction or inactivation of antimicrobial agents is
Q10: A special group of chemical substances that
Q10: Which of the following directly pertain to
Q11: Rifamicin
A) inhibits RNA synthesis
B) inhibits nucleic acid
Q12: The mode of action of an antimicrobial
Q13: Selective toxicity:
A)harms the microbes without significantly harming
Q16: Penicillin was discovered by _ and was
Q17: Antibiotics inhibit protein synthesis
A) by disrupting cell
Q19: Paul Ehrlich:
A)coined the term chemotherapy
B)discovered salvarsan in
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