Biotechnology - Yu.O. Sazykin 2006

Applied Biotechnology
Challenges in the discovery, development, and application of antibiotics in medical practice
Mechanisms of antibiotic action - Classification of mechanisms

Studying the Mechanisms of action of such highly active yet selective metabolic inhibitors as Antibiotics presents certain challenges. This is because, In addition to the primary metabolic disruption directly caused by the interaction of the antibiotic with its intracellular target, a “cascade” of secondary reactions is triggered, leading to bacteriostatic, bactericidal, or sometimes lytic effects.

Antibiotics used in medicine are categorized into the following main groups according to their MECHANISM OF ACTION:

✵ inhibitors of Introduction/37.html">Bacterial Cell wall synthesis;

✵ inhibitors of bacterial Protein Synthesis;

✵ inhibitors of nucleic acid synthesis;

✵ inhibitors of microbial cytoplasmic Membrane Functions.



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