Which of the following is NOT an advantage of antimicrobial peptides?

A) They have a narrow spectrum of activity, so they are very specific.
B) Microorganisms do not seem to develop resistance to them.
C) They are very stable.
D) They exhibit synergy when used with other antimicrobial compounds.


Ans: A) They have a narrow spectrum of activity, so they are very specific.

Biology & Microbiology

You might also like to view...

Processes that supply ATP, reducing power, and precursor metabolites are collectively referred to as ________ reactions.

A. synthetic B. generating C. redox D. fueling

Biology & Microbiology

A cat eats a bird, which ate a caterpillar that chewed on a weed. Which organisms are autotrophs? Which ones are heterotrophs?

What will be an ideal response?

Biology & Microbiology

A graph of phenotypic variation similar to the

illustration above strongly suggests a. incomplete dominance. b. codominance. c. epistasis. d. polygenic inheritance. e. environmental effects on phenotype

Biology & Microbiology

The famous Greek philosopher Aristotle could be thought of as a taxonomist since he sorted organisms into groups based on a set of shared traits.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Biology & Microbiology