classes of antibiotics and how they affect and destroy bacteria

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beta-lactams

blocks cell wall creation and causes the cell to break apart

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tetracyclines

stop bacteria from multiplying by blocking their ability to make vital proteins

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fluoroquinolones

traps and disables two vital enzymes (dna gyrase and topoisomerase 4) which stops dna replication and tears the bacterial chromosome apart

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sulfa antibiotics (sulfonamides)

blocks their ability to make folic acid, which is needed to build dna and multiply