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Why cant you use antibiotics to kill virus but bacteria can be killed by antibiotics?
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∙ 12y ago
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.
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Why cant antibiotics be used to to treat hiv or aids?
Antibiotics are only effective against bacteria, not viruses, and HIV is a virus.
What type of microbes do antibiotic kill?
they have something special which kills them but recently it has been discovered that a few types of microbes cant be killed with antibiotics !!!!!!!
What are the differences between viruses and bacteria?
Bacteria: Bacteria can be killed by antibiotics. Bacteria is larger. Bacteria can reproduce from the life cycle. Viruses: Viruses cant be killed by antibiotics. Viruses are smaller than bacteria. Viruses cant reproduce without help from a host cell or organism.
Why are antibiotics effective against bacteria but not viruses?
mainly because antibiotics are "programmed" to fight bacteria and do not attack other organisms like fungus or virus. its is also believed that even though virus does replicate inside livving cells, it is not considered "alive", literally. and since bacteria is a growing organism that is "alive", vaccines wont help any bit either because they are also "programmed" to kill or prevent any harmful virus that is alive only.
Why cant anti-biotics be used on flu or hiv?
Penicillin is an antibiotic; it fights bacteria. Flu and HIV are viruses, and antibiotics will not help a viral infection. Penicillin is effective against some types of bacteria. It has no action against viral infections like influenza (the flu) and HIV.
Why cant antibiotics be used to treat disease like hiv?
HIV is a virus. Antibiotics have no effect on viruses since they are not really "alive" in the strictest sense. "Antibiotic" literally means anti-life. Antibiotics work by blocking a fundamental life process in bacteria, effectively poisoning them. Since viruses (HIV included) work by subverting the cells they invade into making copies of themselves, antibiotics are not effective.
Which microbe can be killed by antibiotics?
A microbe is basically something you that can only be viewed under the microscope. As a virus is a microbe, you have your answer. Viruses infect a cell, then force it to make copies of itelf until the cell dies. Because of this, antibiotics for them are incredibly hard to make, because to kill the viruses inside the infected cell, the cell too must be destroyed.
Why cant antibiotics be used to treat diseases like flu or HIV?
Antibiotics are used for bacteria, HIV and FLU are a type of viris, not a bacteriumyou would have to use anti-viral tablets but they are not very effective because they can destroy your cells (viruses reproduce inside cells)Antibiotics generally work by destroying the cell walls of bacteria. The flu is caused by a virus, which is not a cell and does not have a cell wall. Antibiotics cannot be used against viral diseases.
Which is easier to cure viruses or bacteria?
actually, curing bacteria is easier than viruses because they can be treated by antibiotics while viruses cant and its result of viruses don't have stable and similar morph
What are difference between macrophage and bacteriophage?
bacteriophage is a virus that kills bacteria
How is the skin and mucous membrane part of the human bodies defense against foreign invaders?
because bacteria and virus cant pass through them, generally.
Can you see virus?
no you cant see a virus
