List of Antibiotics

- Penicillins: Ampicillin (interferes in the cross-linking transpeptidation stage of peptidoglycan synthesis. hence causing weak cell wall.)
- Chloramphenicol (produced by Streptomyces venezuelae; prevents peptide bond formation during translation)
- Nalidixic acid (blocks DNA synthesis)
- Rifampin (used to treat TB; Blocks bacteria mRNA polymerase)
- Sulfonamides: Sulfanilamide (blocks nucelotide synthesis)
- Tetracycline (prevents binding of tRNA amino acid complex to the acceptor site in the 70S ribosome)
- Bactrin (am allergic to this!)
- Polymyxin (disrupts cell membrane by interacting with phospholipids; bactericidal on Gram negative bacilli; neurotoxic and nephrotoxic)