Antibiotics

Question 1

bactericidal

Answer 1

an antibiotic that kills microorganisms

Question 2

bacteriostatic

Answer 2

an antibiotic which inhibits pathogens from multiplying

Question 3

broad-spectrum antibiotics

Answer 3

kills most pathogens

Question 4

narrow-spectrum antibiotics

Answer 4

kills specific pathogens

Question 5

4 ways antibiotics inhibit cel growth

Answer 5

1. inhabitation of bacterial cell wall synthesis by hydrolysing cell wall
2. disruption of bacterial cell membrane
3. inhibition of bacterial protein synthesis
4. inhibition of enzymes found in only bacterial cells