AQA GCSE Biology · 8461
Specification 4.3.1.3, 4.3.1.8, 4.6.3.4, 4.6.3.7 · Paper 1, Paper 2
The ability of bacteria to survive an antibiotic that would previously have killed them.
Revise: Bacterial DiseasesGonorrhoea is still treated with antibiotics, but the appropriate antibiotic must be used. This shows why antibiotic resistance makes bacterial diseases harder to control.
- Revise: Antibiotics and Medicines
The ability of a strain of bacteria to survive an antibiotic that would normally kill susceptible bacteria.
- Revise: Evidence for Evolution
An inherited characteristic that allows a bacterium to survive exposure to an antibiotic that would normally kill it or stop its growth.
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- Revise: Antibiotic Resistance
The ability of a bacterium to survive or continue growing when exposed to an antibiotic that would normally kill it or inhibit it.