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This term is misleading. The antibiotic "selects" bacteria that are not affected by it. If a person will grow bacteria on a petri dish and add an antibiotic to it, some bacteria may live and grow. This is actually a form of natural selection. The ones that will grow are resistance to the antibiotic. They have some way of not being affected. If a person takes a colony from the plate that has this resistance and grows it on another plate and add the antibiotic, all on the plate will be resistant.
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becomes resistant to antibiotics mostly by the misuse of antibiotics
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∙ 10y agoThis term is misleading. The antibiotic "selects" bacteria that are not affected by it. If a person will grow bacteria on a petri dish and add an antibiotic to it, some bacteria may live and grow. This is actually a form of natural selection. The ones that will grow are resistance to the antibiotic. They have some way of not being affected. If a person takes a colony from the plate that has this resistance and grows it on another plate and add the antibiotic, all on the plate will be resistant.
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∙ 11y agobecomes resistant to antibiotics mostly by the misuse of antibiotics
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What is antibiotic resistant bacteria?
Also known as "superbugs", antibiotic resistant bacteria have evolved to a point that our usual antibiotics won't kill them. VRE and MRSA are common forms of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Why has there been a large increase of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria?
Overuse of traditional antibiotics has caused a selection of those bacteria that are resistant to the antibiotic.
The term antibiotic resistant refers to bacteria that?
survive the presence of an antibiotic
Why does an antibiotic not work the same for all bacteria?
Bacteria also do evolve. If one bacteria is mutated, and survives an attack by antibiotic, he multiplies and forms more bacteria which are more resistant against antibiotic. As days of surviving antibiotics and multiplying eventually creates a bacteria which is resistant against it.
What is a word meaning a bacteria has adapted to antibiotics?
Resistant or resistance is when a bacteria has adapted to an antibiotic.
Does macrodantin cure trichomoniasis?
No, that bacteria is resistant to that antibiotic. You need Flagyl.
How would you isolate an antibiotic-resistant bacterium?
you can use low concentration of first line antibiotic to the media where will growth antibiotica.perobably most of bacteria will die but some of them will survive.This bacteria are resistant to antibiotics.Its important to inoculate a large amount of bacteria.
What are resistant bacteria?
A property of some bacteria that have been exposed to a particular antibiotic and have "learned" how to survive in its presence.
How does a population of bacteria resistant to antibiotics?
the bacteria mutates , so the antibiotic no longer affects the bacteria , therefore making it resistance
What process has led to the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria?
Evolution is process involved in it .
What process led to the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria?
Evolution is process involved in it .
What are the symptoms that are arises due to excessive use of antibiotic?
drug resistant bacteria
