What is acquired resistance?

What is intrinsic resistance?

Which two types of events does acquired resistance develop as a result of?

Mutational resistance occurs s------------ and r-------, and, if it confers resistance to an antibacterial agent in the environment, the bacterium will survive and proliferate while sensitive bacteria die.

How rapidly/frequently do some E. coli strain divide?

The frequency of division of some bacterial species/strains increases the likelihood of mutational events. What are the ways in which a bacterium conferring resistance to an antibiotic agent might transfer this resistance (other than simple division)?

What is transformation and how does it result in the acquisition of resistance genes?

What is transduction and how does it confer acquired antibiotic resistance?

What is conjugation and how does it confer acquired antibiotic resistance?

Can resistance genes ever confer resistance to more than one antibacterial agent?

How might resistance genes confer resistance?