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Antibiotics primarily target specific bacterial structures or functions, such as cell wall synthesis, protein synthesis, or DNA replication, which are absent in eukaryotic cells. Eukaryotic cells have different ribosomal structures and metabolic pathways that are not affected by the mechanisms of action of antibiotics. Additionally, viruses lack cellular structures and metabolic processes altogether, making them immune to antibiotics, which are designed to target living cells. Thus, antibiotics are effective against bacteria but do not harm eukaryotic cells or viruses.
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Why antibiotics don't work on viruses?
Antibiotics do not work on viruses because viruses are not alive. A bacterium is a living, reproducing lifeform. A virus is just a piece of DNA (or RNA). A virus injects its DNA into a living cell and has that cell reproduce more of the viral DNA. With a virus there is nothing to "kill," so antibiotics don't work on it.
Why are antibiotics not used on viral infections?
Antibiotics damage the cell wall of living organism leading to its death. The viruses do not have a cell wall. Antibiotics are produced by bacteria and fungi that treat bacterial infections, not viral infections because viruses use host cells to perform their activities. So, they cannot kill viruses. That's why antibiotics are not effective for viral diseases.
Is virus eukaryotic?
No, a virus is not a cell at all. It is neither prokaryotic nor eukaryotic but can invade either in order to replicate itself. Viruses that invade prokaryotes are called bacteriophages.
Do antibiotics work on eukaryotic cells, and if so, how do they affect them differently than prokaryotic cells?
Antibiotics do not work on eukaryotic cells because they target specific structures or processes unique to prokaryotic cells, such as cell wall synthesis or protein synthesis. Eukaryotic cells have different structures and processes, so antibiotics do not affect them in the same way.
Why are viruses neither prokaryotic or eukaryotic?
Viruses are technically not alive, and so are not classified as cells. Only cells are classified as prokaryotic or eukaryotic. For cells, prokaryotic means it has no nucleus while eukaryotic means it has a nucleus.
Why do antibodies work to kill bacteria but not viruses?
bacteria is complit cell or contain cellular material hence specific antibody riquar as compair to virus is difrance
Why can't viruses be treated with antibioticts?
Antibiotics work in ways that would not effect a virus. For example some antibiotics work on the cell wall of the organism. Others block protein synthesis by binding ribosomes. Viruses are merely nucleic acid (RNA and or DNA) and protein. That means antibiotics are ineffective on viruses.
Active virus will destroy what cell?
Active viruses can destroy host cells by hijacking the cell's machinery to replicate themselves, causing the cell to burst open and release new viruses. The cell damage can lead to inflammation, tissue damage, and other complications.
Is the cell a prokaryotic cell or a eukaryotic cell?
Eukaryotic
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 antibiotics work against bacteria but not viruses?
Since viruses invade our cells, and take over our DNA, we cannot use antibiotics against them because they would have to get inside of our cells to kill the viruses. That would mean that our cells would also be killed by the antibiotic.
Are bacterial infections more susceptible to drugs than viruses?
Do you mean antibiotics, which only work on bacteria, or do you mean antiviral drugs, which only work on viruses. Not really, as bacteria are becoming very resistant to all antibiotics and some are becoming untreatable. Viruses mutate so rapidly that drugs become useless in time and more need be discovered.
