What Is One of the First Resistance Mechanisms Identified and Is

question 41

Multiple Choice

What is one of the first resistance mechanisms identified and is a strategy that bacteria use successfully to survive the action of many classes of antibiotics?

• A)Frameshift mutation
• B)Plasmid DNA acquisition
• C)Acquisition of inactivating enzymes
• D)Impermeability to the cell wall

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