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Microbiology

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Set 10 Antimicrobial Treatment

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Question 1

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Antibiotics are derived from all of the following except ________.

A)Penicillium
B)Bacillus
C)Staphylococcus
D)Streptomyces
E)Cephalosporium

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Question 2

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Substances that are naturally produced by certain microorganisms that can inhibit or destroy other microorganisms are called ________.

A)antibiotics
B)narrow-spectrum drugs
C)semisynthetic drugs
D)synthetic drugs
E)broad-spectrum drugs

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Question 3

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Aminoglycosides ________.

A)interfere with elongation of peptidoglycan
B)block folic acid synthesis
C)attach to the 30S ribosomal subunit and disrupt protein synthesis
D)damage cell membranes
E)block peptidases that cross-link glycan molecules

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