10 Questions
What are the ways in which bacteria can acquire foreign DNA?
Transformation, transduction, conjugation
What is the impact of antibiotic use according to the text?
Not limited to the patient but also affects the global community
Where can antimicrobial resistance plasmids be transferred between bacteria?
Under a wide variety of conditions
What is a plasmid in bacteria?
A small circular DNA molecule found in bacteria, physically separate from chromosomal DNA
How can bacterial antibiotic resistance result?
Mutation of genes involved in normal physiological processes, acquisition of foreign resistance genes, or both
Antimicrobial resistance only impacts the patient taking the medications and not the global community.
False
Plasmids are essential for the survival of bacteria.
False
Bacterial antibiotic resistance can result from the mutation of genes involved in normal physiological processes and cellular structures.
True
Transfer of DNA from one bacterium to another by bacteriophages is called transformation.
False
Antimicrobial resistance plasmids cannot be transferred between bacteria under a wide variety of conditions.
False
Test your knowledge about the impact of antibiotic use on the global community and the factors contributing to bacterial antibiotic resistance.
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