Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance, Part 1 Consider the different mechanisms th

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Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance, Part 1

Consider the different mechanisms through which antibiotics inhibit microbial growth, and consider what changes in the microbe might enable it to resist the inhibitory effects of antibiotics.

Select all of the statements that describe a mechanism that would enable a microorganism to resist the action of an antibiotic.

Select all of the statements that describe a mechanism that would enable a microorganism to resist the action of an antibiotic.

A transport mechanism that rapidly transports antibiotic through the plasma membrane into the cytoplasm is developed. An enzyme that destroys the antibiotic is produced. A microbe develops a transport mechanism in the plasma membrane that rapidly pumps antibiotic out of the bacterial cell. An altered target enhances the binding of antibiotic. Target site is modified, so that an antibiotic is unable to bind to its target. Altered porins in the cell wall block passage of antibiotic through the cell wall.

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The selected statements are:

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