Antibiotics and antimicrobial drugs


For each of following statements regarding antibiotics and antimicrobial drugs, answer True or False.

• Suramin is antiprotozoan drug which inhibits specific enzymes in Trypanosomes.
• Amphotericin B is topical antifungal agent which damages membranes which contain ergosterol.
• Lincosamides, such as Clindomycin, bind to bacterial ribosomes and reduce protein elongation.
• Acyclovir is inhibitor of DNA synthesis which is activated by enzyme made by herpes viruses.
• Paul Erlich discovered the antibiotic penicillin and many other natural antimicrobial compounds.

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Biology: Antibiotics and antimicrobial drugs
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