How does the addition of salt or sugar help preserve food

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Answer the following questions:

1. In 2001, endospores of Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, were sent to government officials and news agencies via the mail. In response, the US Postal Service began to irradiate mail with UV light. Was this an effective strategy? Why or why not?

2. How does the addition of salt or sugar help preserve food?

3. Why are yeast infections a common type of superinfection that results from long-term use of broad-spectrum antimicrobials?

4. How is the information from a Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion test used for the recommendation of the clinical use of an antimicrobial drug?

5. In considering the cell structure of prokaryotes compared with that of eukaryotes, propose one possible reason for side effects in humans due to treatment of bacterial infections with protein synthesis inhibitors?

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