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Why is it important to know which species of bacteria are susceptible to which antibiotics?
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If bacteria are susceptible to antibiotics, exposure to antibiotics will lead to the death or weakening of the bacteria.
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Why do soil microorganisms have antibiotic resistance genes?
To survive, of course! A variety of yeasts and bacteria present in soil secrete antibiotics -- they kill off susceptible species and thereby decrease competition for space and resources. If bacteria want to survive in those areas, they need to be resistant to those antibiotics (and the bacteria that secrete them can't be susceptible to them or it would be suicide!) Because a lot of antibiotics are given to farm animals, those antibiotics make their way into the soil from animal feces. This may promote selection of antibiotic-resistant organisms in the fecally-contaminated soil.
Does bacteria exhibit genetic diversity within bacterial species?
Yes. This is why bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics.
What are antibiotics produced from branched bacteria?
streptomycin is produced from streptomyces species which it characterised by filamentous shape
How did the study of microbes enable us to develop antibiotics?
Some bacteria, most notably species in the genus Streptomyces and Actinomycetes produce antibiotics as secondary metabolites. Aside from bacteria, some fungi such as Penicillium produce antibiotics as well. Scientists were then able to purify the antibiotics produced from the microbes for clinical purposes.
Can horses get tenanus?
Answer:Yes they can. In fact they are one of the species that is most susceptible to the bacteria that causes tetanus. Thus it is recommended that they be vaccinated yearly against tetanus.
The important of obtain pure bacteria?
The need of pure culture of bacteria to characterize an individual species. Pure culture are also important to study the morphology and physiology of individual bacterial species, their biochemical behaviour and response to different compounds like antibiotics, which all can me alter by the influence of other species if prestent (in mixed culture) and also for isolating and studying of their molicular structure i.e. DNA or RNA. Some common ways to obtain a pure culture of bacteria are: 1 The spread plate technique. 2 The pour plate. 3 Streak plate technique.
What considerations must be made to use it in humans for an antibiotics to be affective?
Antibiotics such as Penicillin come in different forms and methods. There is only one distinctive similarity and that is, they must kill or cut the growth of bacteria/fungi. How they do it is not important, but it must kill a range of different bacteria/fungi species otherwise it is classed as a cure for certain diseases rather than a general antibiotic (which is expected to work on most different disease types).
Whats the name of the microbes that produce most antibiotics?
More than half of our antibiotics are produced by species of streptomyces, filamentous bacteria that commonly inhibit soil.
Is thrush a virus fungi or bacteria?
Thrush is caused by an overgrowth of yeast, often caused by use of antibiotics killing off good bacteria (as well as the bad).
Clostridium acetobutryicum is a species of bacteria that are?
clostridium acetobutryicum is a species of bacteria that are_________________
Why humans are considered to be a very successful species?
They are not, bacteria is the most important species - without them humans would not last more than a few hours.
What is the best treatment for a klebsiella infection?
Hi there! I am gonna assume that you are asking about Klebsiella pneumoniae here since there are many species, and the pneumoniae species is pretty bad because it causes pneumonia in the lungs, as the name suggests. There could be other species that infect humans 👀 I would say antibiotics would totally help but it should be prescribed by a legit doctor and the sample must be tested by the lab people to confirm the presence of such a bacteria, nail down its identity, strain type and most importantly, whether it's susceptible to any of the antibiotics. In my experience, I had this bacteria grown on an agar plate and it was really slimy due to its capsule, making it a rather notorious pathogen. A good number of them are antibiotic-resistant due to the ability to chuck out antibiotics with the help of an efflux pump. In conclusion, there could be some antibiotics out there to treat it as long as nobody at home attempts to self medicate, which I highly don't recommend at all, and goes to see a decent doctor for a proper diagnosis. Hope this was the response you were looking for! 😄
