Microbiology UTA Chapter 14 Exam With
100% Correct Answers Chemotherapy - Correct Answer-drugs that target living cells and tissues (includes microbes
Antimicrobials - Correct Answer-Used in 350 AD (even though they didn't know how the chemical worked)
Antimicrobials were mostly obtained through - Correct Answer-consumption of plants and fermented products (i.e. beer)
First drugs were developed by science in - Correct Answer-early 1900s
Paul Ehrlich - Correct Answer-scanned through 600 arsenic compounds to find cure for syphilis without killing host
1 Syphilis compound was derived from - Correct
Answer-Treponema pallidum and established modern drug discovery methods
Joseph Klarer, Fritz Mietzch, and Gerhard Domagk - Correct Answer-used synthetic dye, prontosil, to treat strep infections
The first synthetic antimicrobial was - Correct
Answer-Prontosil; opened door for all "sulfa" drugs
Alex Fleming - Correct Answer-accidentally discovered antibiotic from Penicillum notatum growing on bacterial agar plate
Penicillum - Correct Answer-1st natural antibiotic
Bactericidal - Correct Answer-kills microbes
Bacteriostatic - Correct Answer-halts growth of microbes
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