Antibiotic resistance
What Antibiotic resistance means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Mutations of bacterial pathogens produce new strains, and some strains might be resistant to antibiotics, so they are not killed.
Arises from random mutation, with resistant bacteria surviving and reproducing when the antibiotic is present.
Resistant bacteria survive treatment and reproduce, increasing the proportion of resistant bacteria.
Topics that use Antibiotic resistance
- Evidence for evolution (AQA GCSE)
- Resistant bacteria (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Antibiotic development
- Antibiotic stewardship and patient adherence
- Asexual reproduction by binary fission
- Bacterial reproduction by binary fission
- Evolution
- Fossils
- Infection prevention
- Mutation
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