Gentamicin At Biology Glossary

What is it? A type of aminoglycoside antibiotic. Often used to study bacterial entry into eukaryotic cells because gentamicin cannot cross the eukaryotic cell membrane, thus intracellular bacteria are resistant to gentamicin but extracellular bacteria are usually sensitive to gentamicin.

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