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Different antimicrobial drugs target different stages of translation. Please list the STAGES of translation at which these different antimicrobial drugs function. Also, at each stage, explain which types of microbes would be useful to target. Do NOT need to know class of drug at each stage, only the types of microbes that should be targeted. Thank you.

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