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The process that involves the generation of larger polymers from small monomers and needs energy is known as _____________________________.

The arrow is pointing to a microbe with this temperature requirement.    

These molecules are used as the final electron acceptors for anaerobic respiration.

The electron transport chain is located here in bacterial cells.

E. coli efflux pumps [______] the MIC of antibiotics.

Colistin is a last-reserve polymyxin antibiotic prescribed against multi-drug resistant bacterial infections that rapidly develop resistance to antibiotics. In fact, bacteria carrying mcr family genes are already resistant to colistin. According to the WHO antibiotic classification, colistin is

Select all non-

Why are sexually transmitted bacterial infections a big threat to AMR? Select all that apply.

E. coli efflux pumps [______] the MIC of antibiotics.

Two-component histidine kinase regulatory system directly senses the presence of daptomycin outside of cells and responds by activating expression of MprF that adds lysines to phospholipids. This addition negatively charges the membrane; hence, it repels negatively charged daptomycin.