The quinolone antibiotics, inhibits bacterial DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV, as ciprofloxacin (Cipro). The quinolones act by blocking the last step of the topoisomerase reaction, the resealing of the DNA strand breaks. Ciprofloxacin is a wide-spectrum antibiotic.

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Five necessary attributes

General adaptability to the environment. 

High searching capacity for hosts. 

High rate of increase relative to the hosts. 

Good dispersal ability. 

Minimal time lag effects in responding to changes in host numbers.

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Host-Parasite Models

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Rp > 1 disease is to spread

Rp = 1 disease is constant

Rp < 1, disease dies out

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Critical threshold density (NT) where Rp = 1

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Community Ecology – Group of co-existing and interacting populations in a given space and time.

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Phenology of plant