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Chemicals Used to Control Microbial Growth

Chemicals Used to Control Microbial Growth

11. Controlling Microbial Growth / Chemicals Used to Control Microbial Growth / Problem 3

Why are sulfonamides selectively toxic to bacterial cells but not human cells?

A

Sulfonamides block ATP production within human cells.

B

Human cells lack sterol lipids which sulfonamides target.

C

Humans acquire folic acid through diet whereas microbes synthesize it with help from PABA.

D

Sulfonamide prevents the transcription process within pathogenic microbes.

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