Question

Imagine you work for an industrial chemical company and you have been asked to design a novel cleaning agent against a group of microorganisms. Select a specific organism representative of the group you chose, gather information about it, and identify the potential "target" within the organism suitable for your cleanser to attack, discussing how your chemical will control the growth of the organism.

Answer 1

answer -

cleaning agent or chemical - triclosan

effective against - it is most effective against the gram-positive and gram-negative group of the bacteria and also is found to be effective against the other group of microorganisms as well but it is found to be highly effective against the bacteria.

specific organism - Corynebacterium diphtheriae

1. it is a pathogenic bacteria
2. it is a rod-shaped, Gram-positive, nonspore forming, and nonmotile bacterium
3. it causes the disease diphtheria
4. it is transmitted when an individual comes in the contact of droplets of an infected person or by touching open sores or contaminated surfaces

target - enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase enzyme

the triclosan interferes with the lipid biosynthesis, fatty acid synthesis by inhibiting the enzyme enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase. this way there will be the destruction of the cell membrane of the bacteria an lead to the death of the bacteria.

use of the triclosan -

it is well known for its usage in the

1. disinfectant and antiseptics
2. also highly used household cleaning agent and hospital scrub agent

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