UV light + Kirby Bauer

Dimerization

UV light causing adjacent base pairs to bond

Enzymes that can repair DNA damage by UV

DNA Polymerases, ligase, photolyase

Nonionizing radiation wavelength

>1nm

UV-A wavelength

315-400nm

UV-B wavelength

280-315nm

UV-C wavelength

100-280nm

What wavelength is harmful to microbes

<300nm

Light repair enzyme

Photolyase

Dark repair enzyme(s)

DNA polymerases and DNA ligase

What genera form endospores (Hint: Gram +)

Bacillis, Clostridium

What protein does serratia marcescans produce?

Prodogiosin

Antibiotics that inhibit DNA replication

Ciprofloxacin, Novobiocin

Antibiotics that inhibit cell wall synthesis

Penicillin, Piperacillin, Bacitracin, Vancomycin

Antibiotics that inhibit protein synthesis

Chloramphenicol, tetracyclin, erythromycin