Match the mechanism of antimicrobial drug resistance to its best description drug inactivation modification of drug binding site preventing accumulation of drug inside cell biofilm formation A. enzyme cleaves ?-lactam ring in penicillin B. Extracellular polysaccharides produced in complex ecosystem of microorganisms slows diffusion of antimicrobial drug C. Efflux pump pumps antibiotic out of cell D. a point mutation in rRNA gene changes shape of ribosome such that streptomycin can no long bind to ribosome
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Step 1: Drug inactivation - Some microorganisms develop enzymes, such as beta-lactamase, that can cleave the beta-lactam ring in penicillin. Show more…
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