Classes of Antibiotics
Match each class of antibiotic with the appropriate mechanism of action.
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- Inhibit bacterial DNA gyrase
- Prevent crosslinks in peptidoglycan
- Inhibits the synthesis of mycolic acid
- Prevents ala-ala bridges in certain Gram-positive bacteria
- Inhibits bacterial RNA polymerase
- Damage DNA by generating toxic forms of oxygen
- Prevents uncoating of the influenza virus
- Blocks the secretion of the peptidoglycan subunits NAM and NAG
- Binds to ergosterol in fungal cell membranes
- Inhibits membrane transport in Mycobacteria
- Inhibits folic acid biosynthetic pathway
- Damage Gram-negative membranes
- Inhibits neuraminidase, an enzyme used when the virus buds
- Halt protein synthesis by inhibiting 70S ribosomes
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