Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
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Chapter 12, Problem 3CTQ
Antibiotic-resistance genes, as well as other virulence factor genes, are easily passed between bacterial cells through horizontal gene transfer.
- a. Conduct additional research and summarize the unique pathogenic characteristics of Escherichia coli O157:H7; describe how it acquired these traits over time.
- b. Conduct additional research on New Delhi metallo-beta-lactomase 1 strains of bacteria and explain why medical tourism poses a serious threat to the spread of this organism. Provide evidence to support your explanation.
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Ch. 12.1 - State the main goal of antimicrobial treatment.Ch. 12.1 - Identify sources of the most commonly used...Ch. 12.1 - Summarize two methods for testing antimicrobial...Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 4AYPCh. 12.2 - Prob. 5AYPCh. 12.2 - Describe the five major targets of antimicrobial...Ch. 12.2 - Identify which categories of drugs are most...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 8AYPCh. 12.3 - Trace the development of penicillin...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 10AYP
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