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    • April 6, 2012 at 5:29 am #16325
      Layd33foxx
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      Why do you suppose Streptomyces griseus produces an enzyme that inactivates streptomycin?Why is this enzyme produced early in metabolism?
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    • April 7, 2012 at 5:30 am #110532
      underwzc
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      Streptomycin is an antibiotic that kills bacterial species. Therefore, S. griseus produces the enzyme to not be killed. This is an example of antibiotic resistance.

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