Across
- 7. All inclusive term for any antimicrobial drug, regardless of its origin.
- 8. Bacteriophage enzymes that lyse/kill bacteria.
- 9. Drugs that are chemically modified in the laboratory after being isolated from natural sources.
- 11. The ratio of the dose of the drug that is toxic to humans compared to its minimum effective dose.
- 12. Antimicrobials effective against a limited array of microbial types--for example, a drug effective mainly against gram-positive bacteria.
- 14. System found in bacteria that can cause very specific cuts in resistance genes (dsDNA) to deactivate them.
- 15. One of the bacteria that most antibiotics are derived from.
Down
- 1. Measures zone of inhibition of bacterial growths.
- 2. Use of a drug to prevent infection of a person at risk.
- 3. Antimicrobials effective against a wide variety of microbial types--for example, a drug effective against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.
- 4. The use of drugs to control infection.
- 5. Viruses that target bacteria specifically. Precursor to antibiotics.
- 6. The smallest concentration of drug that visibly inhibits growth.
- 10. Substances produced by the natural metabolic processes of some microorganisms that can inhibit or destroy other microorganisms; generally, the term is used for drugs targeting bacteria and not other types of microbes.
- 13. Drugs produced entirely by chemical reactions.