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How do antibiotics affect protein synthesis?
Generally not: antibiotics are essentially antibacterials, that is drugs counteracting bacterial infections like pneumonia, salmonella and the like. The specific mechanism of working of antibiotics depends on the specific drug under examination. Penicillin and its derivatives are bacterial killers: they enters into the bacteria membrane and inhibit basic bacteria life processes. A few of these processes are also related to bacteria proteins syntheses and, under this point of view, these class of antibiotics are also protein synthesis inhibitors. The important think to remember is that they inhibit, among other effects, the synthesis of bacterial proteins, not of the host (generally a human) protein syntheses. Other antibiotics inhibits bacteria multiplication by thwarting bacteria DNA splitting and replication. Also in this case, since many proteins are involved in the DNA replication process, bacteria proteins are involved, but the main antibiotics effect is to inhibit DNA replication.
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.
Fight invading bacteria by either slowing their multiplication or destroying them.?
Antibiotics.
Do Antibiotics only work on bacteria or virus?
Antibiotics only work on bacteria.
What type of infections can be treated with antibiotics?
Bacteria
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
