Antibiotic resistance
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Talk about microbes and relation to antibiotics (competiton between microbes)
Microbes (bacteria, fungi, protists, etc.) compete with each other to survive. These microbes inhibit the growth of their competitors by secreting toxins Antibiotics are essentially these same toxins that are synthesised and harvested to use as drugs against bacterial infections
Little history of antibiotics cuz who knows
The first antibiotic was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928 when he noticed that the fungus penicillium killed disease causing bacteria. Howard Florey * Did the first clinical trials * Made the first useful antibiotic drug out of penicillin
Easyyy def right here Antibiotic resistance?
Antibiotic resistance is the process by which bacteria become resistant to antibiotics. Important knowledge: humans can have allergic reactions to antibiotics, but we do not become resistant to antibiotics.
Please, what are the classes of antibiotics and what are they up to?
Classes of antibiotics * Beta-lactams: Inhibit formation of the cell wall * Sulfonamides: Inhibit DNA synthesis * Aminoglycosides: Inhibit protein synthesis
Antibiotic overuse
Antibiotic Overuse 1.Over-prescribing 2.Continuous use in livestock feed
Tell us how antibiotic resistance becomes a problem please this was in the test so i wonder if itll be in the exam
Natural mutations present in bacterial populations give resistance to those individuals When antibiotics are given, the naturally resistant bacteria will not be destroyed They will then reproduce (binary fission) and the resulting population is now resistant, due to inheriting the resistance genes.