Why is streptomycin more effective than penicillin on bacillus bacteria
My class is doing all these cool experiments for Health Day in my school and i am 'Mr.Penicillin-G' while my friend was 'Streptomycin'. Im not sure what he is and ive never heard of it, but i lost a bet saying that i'd be more effective on this bacillus megate..something bacteria.
Can anyone tell me why? Gotta say Health Day did raise my interest in all this.
Bacillus megaterium is a soil bacteria that is used for research, and is not pathogenic
In the hospital lab when an antibiotic is tested on a particular bacteria, it is plated with a series of dots with the antibiotics and you can see which ones are effective. It is called a drug sensitivity test. Sometimes one antibiotic is more effective than another. That is why they are tested. Usually other tests are done first such as gram staining. which can foretell which group of antibiotic to try. Each has its own sensitiity.
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