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PROJECT
INDEX
Introduction
History & discovery
Usage
How do antibiotics work?
Resistance
7 types of antibiotics
5 basic mechanisms of antibiotics against
bacterial cell
Pros of taking antibiotics
Side effects of antibiotics
Experiment
Aim
Materials Required
Procedure
Observations
Conclusion
Bibliography
INTRODUCTION
An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance
active against bacteria. It is the most important
type of antibacterial agent for fighting bacterial
infection, and antibiotic medications are widely
used in the treatment and prevention of such
infections. They may either kill or inhibit the
growth of bacteria. A limited number of
antibiotics also possess antiprotozoal
activity. Antibiotics are not effective
against viruses such as the ones which cause
the common cold or influenza drugs which inhibit
growth of viruses are termed antiviral drugs or
antivirals rather than antibiotics. They are also not
effective against fungi; drugs which inhibit growth
of fungi are called antifungal drugs.
HISTORY & DICOVERY
Peptidoglycan Glycopeptides
subunits
Peptidoglycan Bacitracin
subunit transport
RNA Rifamycin
Inhibit nucleic acid
synthesis
DNA Fluoroquinolones
EXPERIMENT
AIM: To study the effect of antibiotics on
microorganisms
Materials required: Potato, agar, dextrose,
beef, peptone, NaCl, Sodium Bicarbonate,
distilled water, five different types of
antibiotics(such as penicillin, streptomycin,
aureomycin, Terramycin, and
chloromycetin), syringe, oven sterilised
petridishes, flasks,, beakers, pipette, garden
soil, glass marker pen, etc.
EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE :
A. Preparation of Culture Medium
1. Potato Dextrose Agar Medium.
Take 200g of peeled potato chips. Boil them
in 500 ml of water in a beaker for 15
minutes. Squeeze the potato pul thus
obtained through a muslin cloth and keep it
in a flask. Take 20g of agar in a beaker and
warm it with 500ml of water. Mix both the
solutions of potato and agar and add 20g of
dextrose to it. Thus one litre of PDA
medium is prepared.
Autoclave the medium with 15 pounds
pressure for 15 minutes.
OBSERVATION:
Colonies of microorganisms appear on the
culture medium, count the colonies in each
petridish and present your observations in
the following table:
S.no. Antibiotics No. of colonies
in a petridish
1. Penicillin ……
2. Streptomycin ……
3. Terramycin ……
4. Chloromycetin ……
5. Control ……
6.
PRECAUTIONS:
1. Do not expose the culture of the
petridish to the atmosphere.
2. Sterilise the dishes properly in the
oven before use.
3. Use proper kind of stains for different
types of microorganisms.
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