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Identify the component of the bacterial cell that is a ring-shaped piece of DNA that is NOT part of the main chromosome and often plays a role in antibiotic resistance?
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∙ 14y ago
That ring-shaped piece of DNA is called a plasmid. The plasmid is DNA nonetheless, and has the same components that a DNA normally has.
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What is the extra ring called in bacteria?
The extra ring found in bacteria is called a plasmid. Plasmids are small, circular pieces of DNA that can replicate independently of the bacterial chromosome. They often contain additional genes that can provide advantages to the bacterial cell, such as antibiotic resistance or the ability to metabolize certain substances.
How could you explain the increase of infection in hospitals by antibiotic-resistance bacterial?
Bacteria become resitant to antibiotics by evolution .
Chromosome of a bacterium?
Bacterial genomes are termed as chromatid in contrast to complex chromosome structures of eukaryotes
If a bacterial isolate shows intermediate to moderate resistance to an antibiotic bow might this antibiotic still be successfully used in treatment of this microbe?
Pair with something that has a different attack site. DO NOT answer this question on a test with "increase dosage" that will do nothing but make the drug more resistant.
What does the bacterial cell reproduce that the human gene codes for?
the bacterial cell reproduces the bacterial chromosome that the human gene codes for.
How can specialized transduction contribute to the transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in a bacterial population?
Specialized transduction involves the transfer of a specific set of bacterial genes by a temperate bacteriophage during its lysogenic cycle. If the bacteriophage integrates into the bacterial chromosome near antibiotic resistance genes, they can be co-transferred to other bacteria upon phage infection. This process can facilitate the spread of antibiotic resistance genes within a bacterial population.
What are 4 evidences for evoluton?
Fossils, dogs, bacterial antibiotic resistance, & genetic comparisons.
What practices contributes the most to bacterial resistance to standard antibiotics?
Taking only half of an antibiotic prescription to treat a bacterial infection. Study Island
What is the extra ring called in bacteria?
The extra ring found in bacteria is called a plasmid. Plasmids are small, circular pieces of DNA that can replicate independently of the bacterial chromosome. They often contain additional genes that can provide advantages to the bacterial cell, such as antibiotic resistance or the ability to metabolize certain substances.
How could you explain the increase of infection in hospitals by antibiotic-resistance bacterial?
Bacteria become resitant to antibiotics by evolution .
Do you take antibiotics for mono?
NO! Mononucleosis is caused by a virus. Antibiotics have no effect on viruses and can increase bacterial antibiotic resistance when misused.
How is the presence of antibiotic resistance used as a marker in bacterial transformation?
Antibiotics will kill off all of the bacteria that have not mutated and formed a resistance to the drug. Those that have a resistance to the antibiotics will survive and multiply into many resistant bacterium. This continuously facilitates the production of new kinds of antibiotic resistant bacteria
Why is it a problem in medicine for anibiotic resistance?
Antibiotic resistance happens when taking antibiotics more that it is required, high frequent doses will cause bacterial antibiotic resistance because in this case bacteria will get use into certain drug and so become ineffective. Resistance also happen when the patient has frequent illness, which make him/her taking the antibiotic for a long period of time. At that point patient should go the physician to describe him/her another effective drug, in order to kill bacteria and stop the illness.
What do you use to treat bacterial infections?
an antibiotic
Why are some bacteria resistant to treatment?
Because they inherited or borrowed genes for antibiotic resistance on tiny "microchromosomes" called plasmids. The ancestors of these plasmids had grown for many thousands of bacterial generations in medium level concentrations of antibiotics causing strong selection pressure for effective antibiotic resistance genes to those antibiotics.
Why bacterial cell are sensitive to streptomycin and chloramphenicol antibiotic?
The bacterial cells are sensitive to streptomycin and chloramphenicol antibiotic because it eliminates or reduces their binding to the cells.
What is the pharmacodynamics of augumentin?
Augmentin is a combination antibiotic that works by inhibiting bacterial cell wall synthesis. The amoxicillin component interferes with the formation of bacterial cell walls, while the clavulanic acid component helps prevent bacterial resistance to the amoxicillin. This combination allows Augmentin to effectively treat a wide range of bacterial infections.
