Self Quiz for "Using Antibiotics and Chemical Agents to Control of Bacteria"
C. Ways in which Bacteria May Resist Chemical Control Agents

Study the material in this section and then write out the answers to these question.
Do not just click on the answers and write them out. This will not test your understanding of this tutorial.

1. Name 2 bacteria that have low-permeability membrane barriers and are thereby intrinsically resistant to many antibiotics. (ans)

2. Briefly describe 3 different mechanisms as a result of genetic changes in a bacterium that may enable that bacterium to resist an antibiotic.

A. (ans)

B. (ans)

C. (ans)

3. State what the following stand for:

A. MRSA (ans)

B. VRE (ans)

C. CRE (ans)

4. Briefly describe R plasmids and state their significance in our attempts to treat infections with antibiotics. (ans)

5. Multiple Choice (ans)

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Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.

Last updated: September, 2018
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