AQA GCSE Combined Science Trilogy · 8464
Specification 4.3.1.8, 4.6.3.4 · Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: Antibiotics and painkillersHowever, some bacterial strains are resistant to particular antibiotics: the bacteria survive treatment that would normally kill them. This can make an infection harder to treat. For example, MRSA is a strain of bacteria resistant to several antibiotics, and infections involving resistant bacteria can be serious.
- Revise: Resistant Bacteria
A genetically different form of a microorganism within a species.