Stomach flu or gastroenteritis is caused by a contagious virus. Learn about stomach flu symptoms and home remedies to relieve dehydration and diarrhea. Stomach flu or gastroenteritis is caused by a contagious virus. Learn about stomach flu symptoms and home remedies to relieve dehydration and diarrhea.
Antibiotic resistance is the ability of bacteria to resist the effects of an antibiotic â that is, the bacteria are not killed, and their growth is not stopped. Resistant bacteria survive exposure to the antibiotic and continue to multiply in the body, potentially causing more harm and spreading to other animals or people.
Ways in which Bacteria may Resist Chemical Control Agents. Fundamental Statements for this Softchalk Lesson: 1. Most bacteria become resistant to antibiotics by way of one or more mechanisms that are coded for by genes in the bacterial chromosome and/or in bacterial plasmids.2. Bacterial genes may code for production of an enzyme that inactivates the antibiotic.ltering the target site receptor for the antibiotic in the bacterium to reduce or block its binding. Antibiotics work by binding to some bacterial target site, such as a 50S ribosomal subunit, a 30S ribosomal subunit, or a particular bacterial enzyme such as a transpeptidases or a DNA topoisomerase.