Identify an antibacterial that limits essential metabolites: a. Drug name: b. Mechanism of action: c. Bacteriostatic or bactericidal? d. Broad or narrow spectrum?
a) Tetracycline limits essential metabolites(amino acid synthesis)
b) mechanism of action:It inhibts 30S subunit of ribosome in bacterial protein synthesis. Thus it inhibits the growth of the bacteria.
c)It is bacteriostatic because it restricted the growth of bacteria.
d)ITetracyclines are broad-spectrum agents, exhibiting activity against a wide range of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, atypical organisms such as chlamydiae, mycoplasmas, and rickettsiae, and protozoan parasites.
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