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Do antibiotics teach bacteria how to resist them?

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Why is it important to know which species of bacteria are susceptible to which antibiotics?

If bacteria are susceptible to antibiotics, exposure to antibiotics will lead to the death or weakening of the bacteria.


Do Antibiotics only work on bacteria or virus?

Antibiotics only work on bacteria.


What type of infections can be treated with antibiotics?

Bacteria


How antibiotics resistance occur?

Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria or other microbes builds the ability to resist the effects of the antibiotic. This happens when bacteria changes in a way that reduces or eliminates the effectiveness of the drugs designed to cure infections.


What kind of drugs can kill bacteria?

The types of drugs that can kill bacteria are called 'antibiotics'.


Does antibiotics cure bacteria?

Bacteria are treated with antibiotics and viruses are treated with antiviral medications.


Why were the antibiotics not effective in controlling cancer condition?

Antibiotics are chemicals that destroy BACTERIA and ony bacteria. Cancer is not caused by bacteria. Therefore antibiotics can not be used to cure cancer.


Drug that can kill bacteria?

Bacteria are generally killed by antibiotics which are prepared by either or bacteria or microorganisms and are specifically known as BACTERIOCIDAL


What type of medication causes the death of bacteria?

Antibiotics are medications that kill bacteria.


Why cant you use antibiotics to kill virus but bacteria can be killed by antibiotics?

Because bacteria and viruses are two completely different things. Antibiotics - as their name implies - will kill bacteria, but antibiotics simply have no effect on viruses.


Do antibiotics affect bacteria or viruses?

bacteria


What are two antibiotics produced by bacteria?

Polymixin B and Bacitracin are the two antibiotics that are derived from the bacteria.