Antibiotic resistance in bacteria

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1. Antibiotic resistance in bacteria
a) Is a life threatening problem which is increasing in occurrence.
b) Is caused by over use of pesticides
c) Is caused by over use of fungicides
d) Could endanger species of bacteria.

2. What happens to colonies of bacteria that live in your body when they gain a mutation that helps them tolerate colder temperatures than 98.6?
a) They succeed in human populations in cold climates
b) They out compete bacteria who are unable to tollerate colder temperatures.
c) They are eventually out competed by bacteria who don't have the burden of replicating all the molecules associated with tolerating cold.
d) They simply live like the other bacteria. Bacterial populations are continually amassing all their mutations.

3. Based on the reading, the solution to health problem of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria may be:
a) developing new antibiotics
b) to develop new classes of antibiotics
c) to fight fire with fire: bread bacteria that are supper susceptible to antibiotics so that they will breed with the resistant strains and pass on their "low quality" genes.
d) to reduce the use of antibiotics

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