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Is streptomycin a bad bacteria?
Streptomycin is not a bacteria; it is an antibiotic derived from the bacterium Streptomyces griseus. Streptomycin is used to treat bacterial infections, particularly tuberculosis and certain types of bacterial meningitis.
What is bacteriostatic water?
Bacteriostatic water is sterile water with added preservatives that prevent the growth of bacteria. It is commonly used to dilute or dissolve medications for injection. The preservatives in bacteriostatic water make it suitable for multiple uses over a period of time.
What concentration of a drug is one at which microbes survive but are not able to grow and reproduce?
The concentration of a drug that inhibits microbial growth but allows survival is referred to as the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). At the MIC, microbes can still survive but do not grow or reproduce effectively. This can be an important measure for determining the efficacy of a drug against specific strains of bacteria.
The antibiotic streptomycin prevents protein synthesis in prokaryotes Which cell component is the most likely target of this antibiotic?
The ribosomes are the most likely target of streptomycin in prokaryotes. Streptomycin interferes with the function of the bacterial ribosome, specifically the 30S subunit, disrupting protein synthesis and leading to cell death.
What methods of action would be bacteriostatic?
Bacteriostatic methods of action inhibit bacterial growth and reproduction without killing them. Examples include inhibiting protein synthesis, DNA replication, or disrupting cell wall synthesis in bacteria. Antibiotics like tetracycline and macrolides work through bacteriostatic mechanisms.
Is metronidazole 500 mg is bacteriostatic or bactericidal?
bacteriocidal
How can bacteriostatic and bactericidal disinfectants be distinguished?
Bacteriocidal - kills bacteria. Bacteriostatic - means that it arrests the growth of bacteria, but the bacteria is not killed. It can repopulate the disinfected area once the antimicrobial substance is removed.
What is the different between bactericidal and bacteriostatic?
BACTERIOCIDE: The agent which kill bacteria is called bacteriocidal it can be done by heat of any chemical. BACTERIOSTATIC: The agent which inhibit the growth and reproduction of bacteria but do not necessasarily kill the bacteria.
Can you take zicam and cephalexin and sulfamethoxazole together?
Cephalexin and sulfamethoxazole can not be taken together, irrespective of zicam. Cephalexin is bacteriocidal and all sulfa drugs including sulfamethoxazole are bacteriostatic.
Can you take Flucloxacillin and clindamycin at the same time?
No. They should not be taken together. Oxytetrcycline is bacteriostatic and amoxicillin is bacteriocidal. Given together amoxicillin goes to waste and there are chances that bacteria may develope resistance to amoxicillin.
A chemical that kills bacteria or slows their growth is called?
Antibiotics, is a generalized answer, however there are different types of antibiotics. There are Bacteriostatic Agents which answer your question in that they inhibit the growth of bacteria which is a microorganism Then there are bactericidal agents (bacteriocide) and they kill bacteria which is a microorganism Agents having the suffix -cidal kill organisms, agents having the suffix -static merely inhibit their growth and reproduction.
Is vancomycin is bactericidal or bacteriostatic?
Bacteriostatic
Are bacteriocidal agents sterilants?
No
Why stReptomycin spelling is mycin?
Streptomycin is an antibiotic drug. A mycinrefers to the particular family of antibiotics that includes Streptomycin antibiotics.
What is the source of streptomycin?
streptomycin s ismade from fungus named coccus
Is streptomycin a bad bacteria?
Streptomycin is not a bacteria; it is an antibiotic derived from the bacterium Streptomyces griseus. Streptomycin is used to treat bacterial infections, particularly tuberculosis and certain types of bacterial meningitis.
What is effect of streptomycin on b-subtilis?
streptomycin ihibits growth of b. subtilis
