BIOL

108 BONUS ASSIGNMENT on disinfectants/antibiotics. (5 PTS) Turn in by Tuesday at the beginning of class. STAPLE ALL SHEETS OF PAPER TOGETHER BEFORE CLASS FOR FULL CREDIT. 1) From your home or work place, locate either: 1) a household or clinical cleaner or sanitizer that contains a disinfectant, or 2) an antibiotic. Answer the questions below: a. What is the name of the product that you have found? b. What is the name of chemical (active ingredient) in your product that is bactericidal? c. What type of chemical/class of antibiotic is it? (For example, if it is a disinfectant, is it a quaternary ammounium compound? Alcohol? Phenolic? Etc.. If it is an antibiotic, is it a penicillin deriviative? Macrolide drug? Etc. Use your class notes, your textbook, and internet resources to help). d. What is this chemicals mode of action? (What does it target/how does it work? For example, does it target cell membranes? Does it denature proteins? Does it target cell wall synthesis? Protein synthesis? Use your textbook, class notes, and internet resources to help). 2) Search the internet for news articles on resistance to this bactericidal/ antimicrobial agent (the disinfectant or antibiotic that you chose in part 1). a. Print off one article that you find interesting and attach it to this sheet. b. On separate piece of paper, write a one-paragraph summary of this article.