the effects of antibiotics on bacteria
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May 19, 2005 at 12:00 pm #941
ti gon
Participantcan somebody pls help me with my coursework. I ve 0nly got 2 days to do it. my teacher is very rigorous and i need to obtain a grade A to pass. the subject title is the effects of antibiotics on gram positive and gram negative bacteria. any sugestions???????? pleeeeez help ti gon. 🙁
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May 19, 2005 at 8:42 pm #22775
MrMistery
ParticipantAll i know about this subject is that antibiotics stops the bacteria from dividing… Maybe Patrick knows some usefull sites for you…
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May 19, 2005 at 9:20 pm #22776
canalon
ParticipantI’d like to help but the question is a bit to vast to be answered here. There are books of more than 1000 of pages specifically treating the subject of which antibiotic is efficient against which kind of bacteria.
I found an interesting review on the subject here http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch192/ch192a.html
and here:
http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/mayer/antibiot.htmIt may help you start, but if you were more precise about what you need, or the limit of your subject I could give a more complete answer.
Patrick
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May 20, 2005 at 12:02 pm #22800
ti gon
Participanthiya yea sorry about the indistiction of my question. the bacterias i am using are ecoli and S.epidermis and the the antibiotics are ampicillin and Kanamycin. can you believe i have got to do a 100 pages on the subject??? its just absurd!! 👿 i practically begged for an extension and i got a 2 day extension. 😡 i really need to get this completed and i think with the help of my new friends patrick and Mr Mistry i hope i will have it done 😉 thanks alot pal XXXXXXXxxxx
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May 20, 2005 at 7:51 pm #22843
MrMistery
ParticipantPatrick is the one you should thank. I am just in the dark on this subject as you are.
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May 23, 2005 at 12:07 pm #22970
ti gon
ParticipantYES. BUT YOU SUGGESTED I GET PATRICKS HELP. SO REALLY THANK YOU!
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May 23, 2005 at 9:05 pm #22994
MrMistery
ParticipantLol… Welcome then 😀 😀 😀 😀
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May 24, 2005 at 1:32 pm #23013
canalon
ParticipantSorry but I come back from a long week-end. I do really not see how you could do 100 pages on the subject with only 2 genus of bacteria and 2 antibiotics! Sure it is not 10 pages?
But what you could do:
– Determination of the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of both antibiotics on both bacteria: Find a medium that is suitable for both (Mueller-Hinton is usually the one recommended, but I’m sure wether S. epidermis would grow on it) either agar plates or broth. Prepare different concentration of antibiotic and inoculate with approximately 10^6 bacteria per ml. Grow @37C for 16 to 20h and note which concentration inhibits growth. (in case of broth make triplicate experiment). Compare MIC for both species and discuss.
-Use Medline and the links I gave you and try to identify the targets of your antibiotics to compare the composition of the targets for both species.
– Have a lot of illustrations 😆Back in the lab for further questions. Good Luck
Patrick
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May 25, 2005 at 9:59 am #23067
ti gon
ParticipantNO PATRICK ITS NOT TEN ITS A HUNDRED ALRIGHT. BUT I HAVE FINALLY COMPLETED IT AND GUESS WOT????//// I GOT MY GRADE!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!! ALL THANKS TO YOU PAT. ANYWAY GO ANYWHERE NICE ON YOUR LONG WEEKEND????
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May 25, 2005 at 8:01 pm #23097
MrMistery
ParticipantCongratulations!!
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May 26, 2005 at 4:19 pm #23159
Poison
ParticipantHappy to hear that ti gon…
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May 26, 2005 at 5:12 pm #23163
canalon
ParticipantGood for you. I don’t know how you managed that, I wouldn’t have been able to…
Congratulations
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May 26, 2005 at 6:36 pm #23174
MrMistery
ParticipantYou don’t remember what needing a grade is like, do you Patrick? 😀 😀 😀
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May 26, 2005 at 6:39 pm #23176
canalon
ParticipantNo, I don’t rememeber sitting for any exam in the last 6 or 7 years….
And For this I trust my less than perfect memory 😆No grades for me, I just need to convince people to publish my papers. And I am not sure it is easier.
Patrick
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May 31, 2005 at 11:27 pm #23497
b_d_41501
ParticipantFor Gram – bacteria, the antibiotics work less efficiently due to the fact they have a lipopolysaccharide layer. The gram + bacteria lack this which allows more antibiotics to prove useful in treating these bacteria.
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June 1, 2005 at 7:32 pm #23537
MrMistery
ParticipantThe main differenece between Gram= and Gram- is Gram+ have a thincker cellular wall and lack that lipoproteic membrane at the exterior that Gram- have. That membrane is similar in structure to the plasma membrane
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June 4, 2005 at 3:20 am #23719
EmmVeePee
ParticipantSo Gram – bacteria are more resistant to ALL antibiotics and not those that just target the cell wall (NAG and NAM)? Does the lipoproteic layer just protect it from the antibiotics?
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