Fungi: Chemotherapeutic Control of Fungi

Learning Objectives for "Fungi: Chemotherapeutic Control of Fungi"

After completing this section you should be able to perform the following objectives.

1. Briefly describe 4 different ways antifungal chemotherapeutic agents may affect fungi and give an example of an antibiotic for each way.

Think-Pair-Share Questions

1. Why are there so few antifungal chemotherapeutic agents compared to the number of antibacterial agents?

2. Most of the antifungal agents interfere with the synthesis of ergosterol in the fungal cytoplasmic membrane.

a. How does this harm the fungus?

b. Why don’t these agents work on bacterial and viral infections?