Microbial Control Madness
🔥 What method removes all microorganisms, including endospores?
Sterilization
🧫 Which antibiotic is part of the Neosporin trio?
Bacitracin
🧪 What was the first genetically engineered protein used medically?
Human insulin
🧬 Which drug is used to treat leprosy?
Sulfones
🧠 What antibiotic treats endocarditis when penicillin fails?
Vancomycin
💦 What technique is used to disinfect milk, juice, and wine?
Pasteurization
🦠 What is the key structural ring in penicillins?
Beta-lactam ring
👩🔬 What technique uses viruses to insert genes into human tissues?
Gene therapy
💊 What’s it called when a drug is given to prevent future infection?
Prophylaxis
🐄 What was insulin made from before biotechnology?
From cows
🧴 Using Betadine on a cut is an example of what method?
Disinfection
🧬 Which antimicrobial blocks folic acid synthesis by mimicking PABA?
Sulfonamides
🔬 Which enzyme creates DNA from an RNA template?
Reverse transcriptase
🦠 What is used to destroy vegetative pathogens on skin before injections?
Antisepsis
💊 What group of antimicrobials is naturally produced by microorganisms?
Antibiotics
💊 What term describes chemical destruction of pathogens on surfaces?
Disinfection
💉 Which drug treats MRSA and VRE infections?
Linezolid
Acceptable: vancomycin, daptomycin, cefazoline
🧫 What enzyme seals sticky ends during recombinant DNA formation?
DNA ligase
🔒 What is the enzyme that makes bacteria resistant to penicillins?
Penicillinase
🍞 Which microbial form is the most resistant?
Bacterial endospores
🧂 What household method uses osmotic pressure to control microbial growth?
Salting of meat
⚠️ What adverse effect can chloramphenicol cause?
Aplastic anemia
🧬 What is a collection of isolated genes called?
Gene libraries
🔄 What term describes a drug that imitates a substrate to block an enzyme’s action?
Competitive inhibitors
🌿 Mebendazole and ivermectin treat what kind of infections?
Helminthic