Concepts of mutation and natural selection

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Assignment:

Antibiotics, sometimes known as antibacterials, are drugs that either kill bacteria or stop their growth. Antibiotics are powerful, important drugs in our war against infectious disease, but how do they work? What is antibiotic resistance? How big is this problem? What is causing it, and how can we fight back? These are all questions you will explore in this discussion.

Instructions: You will be assigned (see table at the bottom of the instructions) an antibiotic to focus your discussion on. Please answer the following questions about your assigned antibiotic. How does it kill bacteria? Is your antibiotic selectively toxic? Please explain your answer, including the definition of selective toxicity. How could a bacteria become resistant to your antibiotic?

Your answer should include the concepts of mutation and natural selection. What are some actions we, as a society, can take to limit antibiotic resistance? For your assigned antibiotic, describe an experiment that you could use to determine if a bacterial sample taken from a person was resistant to your antibiotic.

Be sure to describe all steps of the experiment including your independent, dependent and control variables. The antibiotic is aminoglycosides.

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