Antibiotic

... An antibiotic is a drug that kills or slows the growth of ... location of the infection and the ability of the antibiotic to reach this site. Oral antibiotics are the ... History 2 Classes 3 Side effects 4 antibiotic misuse ...

Antibiotic resistance

... antibiotic resistance is the ability of a microorganism to withstand the effects of an antibiotic . Antibiotic resistance develops through ... See also 5 External links Causes antibiotic resistance is a consequence of evolution via ...

Antibiotic resistance

... antibiotic resistance is the ability of a microorganism to withstand the effects of an antibiotic . Antibiotic resistance develops through ... See also 5 External links Causes antibiotic resistance is a consequence of evolution via ...

Plasmid

... Contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 antibiotic resistance 2 Episomes 3 Types of ... of plasmids 5 See also antibiotic resistance Plasmid often contain genes or ... harboring them, e.g., the ability to build an antibiotic resistance . Every plasmid contains at least one ...

Alexander Fleming

... Fleming ( August 6 , 1881 – March 11 , 1955 ) discovered the antibiotic substance lysozyme and isolated the antibiotic substance penicillin from the fungus Penicillium notatum . ...

Virus

... and their misuse against viral infections is one of the causes of antibiotic resistance in bacteria . That said, sometimes the prudent course of action is to begin a course of antibiotic treatment while waiting for test results to determine whether the ...

Biotechnology

... of biotech. Red biotechnology is biotechnology applied to medical processes. An example would include an organism designed to produce an antibiotic , or engineering genetic cures to diseases through genomic manipulation . White biotechnology , also known as grey biotechnology , is ...

Ecological genetics

... of improved biochemical techniques during the 1980s and 1990s which in turn allowed data on natural populations to be derived. See also antibiotic resistance peppered moth, Biston betularia , scarlet tiger moth, Calimorpha dominula , pesticide resistance References ...

Fungus

... Miscellaneous The seeds of many orchids require a fungus to germinate . Fungi of the genus Penicillium produce penicillin , the first antibiotic known to modern science. Many bacteria have since become resistant to penicillin, but it is still used against Streptococcus and other very ...

Lysozyme

... Lysozyme 3D structure. Lysozyme is an enzyme ( EC 3.2.1.17 ), commonly referred to as the "body's own antibiotic ". It is abundantly present in a number of secretions , such as tears . This protein is present in cytoplasmic granules of the polymorphonuclear ...

Molecular biology

... (known as an expression vector). This plasmid may have special promoter elements to drive production of the protein of interest, and may also have antibiotic resistance markers to help follow the plasmid. This plasmid can be inserted into either bacterial or animal cells. Introducing DNA into bacterial ...