Antibacterial Agents - Anderson, Rosaleen (University of Sunderland) a Groundwater, Paul W. (University of Sydney) a Todd, Adam (University of Sunderland) a Worsley, Alan (University of Sunderland)

Antibacterial agents act against bacterial infection either by killing the bacterium or by arresting its growth. They do this by targeting bacterial DNA and its associated processes, attacking bacterial metabolic processes including protein synthesis, or interfering with bacterial cell wall synthesis and function.