Combined Science GCSE
Resistant strain
What Resistant strain means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Resistant strain
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Bacteria that are not affected by an antibiotic, produced by mutation, which survive and reproduce when the antibiotic is used.
Topics that use Resistant strain
- Antibiotics and painkillers (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Antibiotics
- Difference between antibiotics and antivirals
- Natural selection of resistant bacteria
- Painkillers
- Risk of side effects from antiviral treatment
- Selectivity of antiviral drugs
- Symptom relief versus pathogen destruction
- Viral replication inside host cells
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