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Streptomycin

streptomycin

(Science: drug) Commonly used antibiotic in cell culture media: acts only on prokaryotes and blocks transition from initiation complex to chain elongating ribosome. Isolated originally from a soil streptomycete.


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Antibiotic effect

... stop the bacteria from dividing and those that actually kill the bacteria. Let's analyze them individually: Antibiotics that kill bacteria (like streptomycin, kanamycin, rifampin etc) will kill any bacteria that are not resistant to the antibiotic if the bacteria are in the presence of the antibiotic ...

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by MrMistery
Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:35 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Antibiotic effect
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Antibiotic effect

... do as you say, that is they only suppress the bacterial growth but do not kill the microbes. These antibiotics are called bacteriostatic. Streptomycin, however, is bactericidal antibiotic as far as I know, and thus it kills bacteria that it affects (it is bacteriostatic on lower concentrations, ...

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by biohazard
Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:33 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Antibiotic effect
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Antibiotic effect

Hello, Is it true that antibiotics such as streptomycin can only suppress the growth of bacteria in a cell culture dish and if there were already bacteria in the dish, once you stop adding the antibiotic, they will start to grow? Are there any ...

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by samkh918
Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:38 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Antibiotic effect
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Re: isolate yeast

... Dextrose agar) 3. i think you have to sterilizate your media till 120 C and then give media antifungus as like nystatin and antibiotic as like streptomycin i have how to make the media and complete with compotition of it.

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by Bionic
Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:44 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: isolate yeast
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Re: I am afraid to ask but, High school freshman - Honors Class

... B. The product of transcription is immediately ready for translation C. The codon UUU codes for phenylalaine D. ribosomes are affected by streptomycin E. the signal-recognition particle (SRP) binds to the first 20 amino acids of polypepties. Anyway - those sample questions are page 1 of ...

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by tatum123
Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:55 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: I am afraid to ask but, High school freshman - Honors Class
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