Origins of Antibiotic Resistance Spring 2020 Worksheet

Video Handout for antibiotic resistance Biol 1009 Fall 2020

Part II watch the short video about the development of antibiotic resistance

https://www.biointeractive.org/classroom-resources/superbugs-resist-antibiotics-can-evolve-11-days

1. When were antibiotics discovered?

Antibiotics were discovered in 1928.

2. Who first isolated penicillin?

Alexander Fleming

3. Can bacteria be beneficial to your health? How?

Bacteria can be beneficial to our health by protecting the cells in your intestines from invading
pathogens.

4. What are superbugs?

Superbugs are a strain of bacteria that resist antibiotics.

5. In the experiment, do all of the E coli become resistant? What needs to happen for resistance to
occur? What macromolecule that we discussed in class is being mutated?

6. Can you treat a viral infection with an antibiotic?

No antibiotics do not work to trat a viral infection.