Antibiotics
- Created by: Yzyl Quintana
- Created on: 22-02-17 14:14
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- Antibiotics
- Effective against bacterial cells but leave eukaryoticcells unharmed
- Useless against viruses
- How they disrupt bacterial cell growth & division
- Inhibition of bacterial cell wall synthesis; if a weak wall forms = LYSIS
- Disruption of the cell membrane causing changes in permeability = LYSIS
- Inhibition of nucleic acid synthesis, replication& transcription which prevents the cell dividing/synthesising enzymes
- Inhibition of specific enzymes found in the bacterial cell wall
- Bactericidal
- Destroys bacteria
- Bacteriostatic
- Prevents bacteria multiplying
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