Which of the Following Is/are True of Antibiotic Usage and the Development

question 34

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is/are true of antibiotic usage and the development of antibiotic resistance?

• A) Antibiotics cause mutations antibiotics are mutagens), thus resulting in increasingly resistant bacterial populations.
• B) Antibiotics increase the rate of bacterial transformation, conjugation, and transduction, and thus increase the spread of antibiotic resistance.
• C) Antibiotics cause R-plids to form and cause their transfer, spreading antibiotic resistance.
• D) Antibiotics select for resistant mutants and bacteria possessing R-plids, increasing their frequency in the population.
• E) All of these choices are correct.

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