Lysozyme (or muramidase) acts against peptidoglycan, as that found in bacterial cell walls but not in viruses. It stresses and breaks the glycosidic bond between N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetylglucosamine, two alternating monosaccharides of the sugar component of peptidoglycan.
Because certain viruses (like HIV) have evolved lipid coats that the lysozyme cannot penetrate.
lysozyme will diffuse in to the cell
While lysozyme will break down the cell membrane of some gram positive bacteira, it does not affect all gram positives therefore it is not a suitable means of separating the two. Serial dilution would be a much more effective method.
Lysozymes
they defend against infection and viruses
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Antibiotics are not effective against viruses, only against bacteria. Antiviral drugs such as Tamiflu are effective against most forms of H1N1 and many other flu viruses
bacteriophages
Disinfection
True
Paneth cellsIn addition to defensins, Paneth cells secrete lysozyme[6], tumor necrosis factor-alpha[6] , and phospholipase A2.[citation needed] Lysozyme and phospholipase A2 both have clear antimicrobial activity. This battery of secretory molecules gives Paneth cells a potent arsenal against a broad spectrum of agents, including bacteria, fungi and even some enveloped viruses.
tears contain over 99% water and a lysozyme that catalyzes bacterial cell walls, this lysozyme is so effective only a few bacteria can live in an eye
Antibiotics are only effective against bacteria, not viruses, and HIV is a virus.
No. These viruses mutate rapidly and you can not get one vaccine for all of the subtypes.
beacause viruses are not a living organism such as bacteria.Atibiotic it interrupt one of the process of a bacterial cell.
usually stuff like clorox helps kill viruses and germs and such
Viral diseases are caused by viruses which live in our cells as a host. So, killing them by antibiotics means killing our own cells. This is why antibiotics are not effective against viral diseases.
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