Answer:
All the given statements are correct except b.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) refers to the ability of a microorganism to grow in the presence of drug or a chemical that would normally limit its growth or kill it.
It makes it difficult for the existing drugs to eliminate the infection as they become less effective against the microbe.
There are five major mechanisms by which a microbe attains resistance against antimicrobial chemical or drug:
- Drug modification or inactivation: A microbial enzyme inactivates the antimicrobial agent. For example, few bacteria produce β-lactamases which provide multi-resistance against β-lactam antibiotics such as penicillin, cephalosporin etc.
- Alteration or modification of target site: An altered target site prevents the antimicrobial agent from binding to its target. For example, alteration of penicillin binding protein (PBP) in Methicillin-resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus </em>(MRSA).
- Alteration of metabolic pathway: The microbe uses an alternative pathway to circumvent the blocked pathway. For example, sulfonamides-resistant bacteria started using preformed folic acid in place of para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA).
- Decreased drug accumulation: Microbial efflux pumps remove the antimicrobial agent (before it could do any damage) by pumping it out of the cell.
- Decrease in cell permeability: The permeability of the microbial envelope to the antimicrobial agent is decreased
False, a cell wall is made from a denser material and is used to protect the cell membrane.
Answer:
No 15N/15N labeled DNA was observed in second generation
Explanation:
Meselson and Stahl were doing an experiment to find out the semi-conservative mode of replication of DNA. The first cultured bacteria in 15N medium which was containing a heavy isotope of nitrogen. The DNA synthesized here had more density. After that they transferred the bacteria to the 14N containing medium. When bacteria reproduced and new strands of DNA were synthesized, they observed the following -
- The first generation had hybrid DNA with 15N/14N strands
- The second generation had both hybrid 15N/14N DNA and 14N/14N DNA strands
- There was no 15N/15N DNA observed.
In this way they proved that one strand of DNA is kept conserved during the replication.
Answer:
The answer is D
Explanation:
Since the structure uses light energy, we can only assume that it's a chloroplast, since only chloroplasts contain chlorophyll and can absorb light energy.
Chloroplasts use carbon dioxide and water to make glucose, with oxygen as a byproduct.
The glucose produced is then used in metabolic reactions in the organism.
Answer:
Microwave ovens work by using 2.45 GHz frequency electromagnetic waves know as microwaves to heat the water in food.
a microwave oven uses microwaves to heat food. Microwaves are a type of wave that are sandwiched between radio waves and infrared radiation on the electromagnetic spectrum.
Explanation:
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