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The Microbes Fight Back: Antibiotic Resistance
By
Laura Bowater
Laura Bowater
University of East Anglia, UK
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Paperback ISBN:
978-1-78262-167-6
PDF ISBN:
978-1-78262-364-9
EPUB ISBN:
978-1-78801-411-3
Special Collection:
RSC Popular Science eBook Collection
Product Type:
Popular Science
No. of Pages:
289
Publication date:
16 Dec 2016
Book Chapter
Chapter 4: Microbial Makeup and Antibiotic Targets
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Published:16 Dec 2016
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Special Collection: RSC Popular Science eBook CollectionProduct Type: Popular Science
Page range:
138 - 181
Citation
The Microbes Fight Back: Antibiotic Resistance, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016, ch. 4, pp. 138-181.
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To understand how antibiotics work as therapeutic agents for treating infections, it is important to understand the physiology of the microorganisms that are responsible for causing diseases. By outlining the physiology of the microbe, this chapter will describe how an antibiotic can specifically target the infectious agent without harming the host cells.
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