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💊 Antibiotics: Mechanisms, MIC & Resistance Simulator

Simulate how beta-lactams, macrolides and fluoroquinolones kill bacteria via distinct mechanisms, tune concentration against MIC, and watch resistant mutants take over under selection pressure.

Medicine & Biophysics3DModerate60 FPS

Details

CategoryMedicine & Biophysics

RenderingThree.js · WebGL

DifficultyModerate

Target FPS60

ControlsAntibiotic-class buttons (None / β-Lactam / Macrolide / Fluoroquinolone) switch the drug's mechanism and kill dynamics; concentration slider (0-64 µg/mL) sets drug dose relative to MIC; mutation-rate slider (0-5%) sets the per-division probability a susceptible daughter cell becomes resistant; Reset colony button reseeds the population. Drag to orbit the petri dish.

Three.jsAntibioticsBeta-lactamsMacrolidesFluoroquinolonesAntibiotic ResistancePharmacodynamicsMICMedicineInstancedMesh

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⚙ Under the hood

Simulate how beta-lactams, macrolides and fluoroquinolones kill bacteria through distinct mechanisms — cell-wall lysis, ribosome inhibition, DNA-gyrase blockade — tune the concentration against the MIC, and watch resistant mutants take over the colony under selection pressure.

Three.jsAntibioticsBeta-lactamsMacrolidesFluoroquinolonesAntibiotic ResistancePharmacodynamicsMICMedicineInstancedMesh

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install