Chapter 10
Across
- 6. all-inclusive term for any antimicrobial drug regardless of origin
- 7. microorganisms begin to tolerate an amount of drug that would ordinarily be inhibitory
- 10. improve intestinal biota
- 12. treatment for malaria
- 13. should kill or inhibit microbial cells without damaging the host
- 14. nutrients that encourage the growth of beneficial microbes in the intestine
Down
- 1. drugs that are chemically modified in the lab after being isolated from natural sources
- 2. target a specific group of bacteria
- 3. concentration of the drug in the blood
- 4. the use of drugs to control infection
- 5. the ratio of the dose of the drug that is toxic to humans compared to its minimum effective dose
- 6. substances produced by the natural metabolic processes of some microorganisms that can inhibit or destroy microorganisms
- 8. gene silencing
- 9. destroys beneficial resident species
- 11. effective against more than one group of bacteria